Louis Zamperini, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Louis Zamperini

Italian-American middle distance runner

Date of Birth: 26-Jan-1917

Place of Birth: Olean, New York, United States

Date of Death: 06-Jul-2014

Profession: military personnel, long-distance runner, athletics competitor, motivational speaker, autobiographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Louis Zamperini

  • Louis Silvie Zamperini (January 26, 1917 – July 2, 2014) was an American World War II veteran, a Christian evangelist and an Olympic distance runner.
  • He took up running in high school and qualified for the US in the 5,000 m race for the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
  • In 1941, he was commissioned into the United States Army Air Forces as a lieutenant.
  • He served as a bombardier in B-24 Liberators in the Pacific.
  • On a search and rescue mission, mechanical difficulties forced Zamperini's plane to crash in the ocean.
  • After drifting at sea for 47 days, he landed on the Japanese occupied Marshall Islands and was captured.
  • He was taken to a prison camp in Japan where he was tortured.
  • Following the war he initially struggled to overcome his ordeal. Later he became a Christian Evangelist with a strong belief in forgiveness.
  • Since 1952 he devoted himself to at-risk youth which his family continues today.
  • Zamperini is the subject of three biographical films: Unbroken (2014), its sequel Unbroken: Path to Redemption (2018), and Captured by Grace (2015).

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