How Did Louis Zamperini Get Unbroken

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Unbroken: A World of untold hatred “We owe our World War II veterans - and all our veterans - a debt we can never fully repay.” Doc Hastings. The day that Green hornet went down over the Atlantic, was the day that Louis Zamperini’s life was changed forever. Zamperini began his life with stealing and being a rascal from his neighbors. His brother Pete was everything that Louis wanted to be. For years, until Pete graduated, Louis got into trouble at every turn, because he felt that he was being overshadowed. When Pete, who decided to go the college for track, finally recognized the potential in Louis as a runner, he began to encourage him to start training for track and to set his sights as a grand runner. When Louis, began to run, he felt exhilarated …show more content…

For example, according to Hillenbrand, most of the air force deaths were indeed do to training accidents and the obsolete tracking systems inside the aircraft. The B-24, verified by the US air force, was based solely putting out damage, than to be saved. The later radios and radar tracking devices were a huge benefit in saving people’s lives, but were too late for Zamperini. From the textbook, the Japanese were listed as responsible of the rape of Nanking, which also corroborates with Unbroken. A further example of the historical accuracy of the book is the through description of Zamperini’s life abroad and what happened during the war. The textbook and book both describe how jobs were opening for women and what was happening on the home …show more content…

One fact that was new to me, personally, was that compared to the German/Italian POW camps, the Japanese killed almost 50% of its POW’s, excluding the Chinese. The home front, or the US, was also an economic powerhouse, because it brought many of the jobless into a job and further enhanced the power of the US as an economic powerhouse. Lastly, Hillenbrand also explains that Zamperini was one of the lucky athletic draftees to not die. Several hundred athletes of all levels died to protect their country. The WWII era was one that churned chaos, but also brought prosperity and new mindsets in the US. Hillenbrand doesn’t say it, but she probably agrees that Zamperini was one of many who inspired other to do

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