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Published on Feb 03, 2016
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1.
LOUIS ZAMPERINI
BY HOLIDAY RIDER
2.
CHILDHOOD
Born on January 26, 1917
Born in Olean, New York
He had three siblings
Photo by
Sprengben [why not get a friend]
3.
CHILDHOOD
Parents were Italian immigrants
Started smoking at age 5
Started drinking at age 6
Trouble-maker
Bullied a lot
Photo by
wallace39 " mud and glory "
4.
RUNNING
His brother Pete motivated him
Hated it at first
Transformed to love it
Running broke his bad habits
Broke inter-scholastic mile record at 4:21.2
Photo by
Dean Hochman
5.
COLLEGE LIFE
Fast times gained college attention
University of Southern California
Kappa Sigma Fraternity house
Training at USC led to Olympics in Berlin
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AngryJulieMonday
6.
OLYMPICS
Raced against Don Lash
Placed eighth in the 5,000 meter race
Last lap of 56 seconds caught attention of Adolf Hitler
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ecstaticist
7.
WWII
In September 1941 Louis enlisted
Shot down 850 miles of the coast of Oahu
Stranded for 47 days on a raft
Photo by
rikdom
8.
POW
After time on the raft he was saved/rescued by the Japanese
Kwajelian
Ofuna
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Free Grunge Textures - www.freestock.ca
9.
MUTSUHIRO WATANABE
Prisoners at Ofuna nicknamed him "The Bird"
Watanabe took pleasure in beating prisoner
After the war he was placed on General Douglas MacArther's list of war criminals
10.
POST-WAR
Louis was freed from Ofuna
Mutsuhiro Watanabe fled the camp and hid from the Americans
Louis went home and rejoiced with his family
Photo by
Sam Ilić
11.
POST-WAR
Alcoholism
Married Cynthia AppleWhite
PTSD
Billy the Evangelist
Found God
Camp for troubled youth
12.
DEATH
Louis Zamperini passed away on July 2, 2014
13.
WORK CITED
http://www.biography.com/people/louis-zamperini
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/04/arts/louis-zamperini-olympian-war-survivo...
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