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Louis Silvie Zamperini (January 26, 1917 – July 2, 2014) was an American World War II veteran, an Olympic distance runner and a Christian Evangelist. He took up running in high school and qualified for the United States in the 5,000 m race for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, finishing 8th while setting a new lap record in the process.
Dec 24, 2014 · For forty-seven days Louis Zamperini drifted idly in the Pacific Ocean. Armed with a few small tins of drinking water, a flare gun, some fishing line, and a couple of Hershey D-Ration candy bars, Zamperini and two other soldiers struggled to stay alive.
Apr 17, 2024 · When Louis Zamperini was 21 years old, he ran at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and broke records with Adolf Hitler in the audience. By 26, he was an Army Air Corps bombardier serving in World War II, fighting against the Axis Powers. And on May 27, 1943, he crashed into the Pacific Ocean, spending 47 days adrift at sea.
Jul 3, 2014 · 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...
Nov 11, 2014 · As the world now knows, thanks to author Laura Hillenbrand, Louis Zamperini waged one of the most astonishing personal battles in World War II as an Army Air Corpsman. In May 1943, his B-24...
Lou Zamperini was a high school star distance runner in Southern California in the 1930s, and competed in the 1936 Olympics shortly after graduating from high school, winning the California high school championship, and earning a track scholarship to Southern Cal.
Jul 3, 2014 · Louis Zamperini, the USC Trojan Olympian whose heroics as a World War II prisoner of war earned him international fame, has died in Los Angeles. He was 97. “Lou was one of the greatest Americans and Trojans of all time,” USC President C. L. Max Nikias said.
Jul 3, 2014 · The Olympic long-distance runner and World War II hero, Louis Zamperini, has died at the age of 97. During the war, Zamperini survived 47 days adrift on a life raft after his bomber crashed...
Nov 20, 2010 · Now she offers up the saga of Louis Zamperini, a former Olympic runner who became an American airman -- and whose true laurels were the result of trials, endurance and will far...
Jul 3, 2014 · Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner and American World War Two veteran who survived two years as a prisoner of war, has died at the age of 97. He died peacefully on Wednesday after a 40-day battle...
