Morris

Louis Zamperini died today. A real hero. Interesting book on his WW!! career. I think Patty met him, right Patty.

I think the label hero is used too loosely these days, but it really applied to this soldier.

cosmomiller

I did not know much about him till I read the book about him. One heck of an individual, one amazing life story. May he rest in peace.

S2KRAY

RIP, and thank you for serving.

Matt_in_VA

RIP

Kyras

Louie was a real hoot, in person. I didn't speak to him but I immensely enjoyed listening to him when he spoke before me and our other volunteers at Saddleback Hospital in Laguna Hills, CA. I have photos of him from that day. I just happened to have finished reading his book a month before he spoke.

Kyras

I took these photos on Sept. 13, 2011. It's just amazing that a man who lived through drifting 47 days on a raft in the Pacific after his plane crashed, and being a prisoner of war for more than two years in Japan, could live on and make it to 97 years-old.


Louis Zamoorine with the CEO of Saddleback Memorial Care Center.

S2KRAY

What is the name of the book. Gotta read it after seeing on the news what this amazing man went through in his life. A true inspiration and hero from the Greatest Generation.

Kyras

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

RedY2KS2k

I listened to a story about him on NPR this morning. They said he carried the Olympic torch in Japan in 1998. He would have been 81 years old then!

S2KRAY

Thank you, I will order it on Amazon today.