Louis Zamperini, Olympian and ‘Unbroken’ War Survivor, Dies at 97

Louis Zamperini, Olympian and ‘Unbroken’ War Survivor, Dies at 97
By IRA BERKOW JULY 3, 2014
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Capt. Louis Zamperini, right, and Capt. Fred Garrett at Hamilton Field, Calif., after their release from a Japanese prisoner of war camp in 1945. Credit PCS/Associated Press

Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who as an airman during World War II crashed into the Pacific, was listed as dead and then spent 47 days adrift in a life raft before being captured by the Japanese and enduring a harsh imprisonment, died on Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 97.

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Keith Conning: My Air Force Reserve Unit (349th Squadron) met at Hamilton Air Force Base from 1963-1965. Hamilton is near Novato, California.