Jim Scanlon (deceased)
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Jul 4, 2014 5:28:53 GMT 9
Louis Zamperini was a distance runner for the U.S. at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. During WW2 he became a B-24 Bombardier in the Pacific Theatre and spent 47 days on a raft after his Liberator ditched after two engines failed, then the rest of the War as a POW, in Japan. Two books on his life; his Autobiography: "Devil at my Heels", and "Unbroken", by Laura Hillenbrand, who wrote "Seabuicuit". Ubroken, the Movie will be released this December. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10942801/Louis-Zamperini-obituary.html
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