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A review by christinecomito
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
5.0
amazing true story of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner, on track to break the 4-minute mile. Just before Pearl Harbor, he joined the Army Air Force. Flew a critical mission against the Japanese. On another mission, to search for a downed plane, his plane crashes over the ocean and only 3 survive. One dies, he and pilot Phil spend 47 days on a raft in the Pacific before landing on a Japanese island. Spends next 2 ½ years in a series of Japanese POW camps, under brutal treatment by Japanese guards who do not follow Geneva Convention. War finally ends and he is rescued, but spends next five years struggling against inner demons and alcoholism although he marries and has a baby girl. Wife drags him to a sermon by emerging preacher Billy Graham and Louis is suddenly filled with God’s love and he quits drinking and never has another flashback. Lives a Christian life, raises a family, opens a camp for wayward boys, and is a Christian motivational speaker. Still alive in his 90s. Although he didn’t get to run in the post-war Olympics due to a debilitating leg injury, he later gets to run the Olympic torch in 1988.