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7/3/14 RIP,LOUIS ZAMPERINI,97,WAR HERO,OLYMPIAN,CHRISTIAN,search:,zamperini,angeline jolie,pow,olympic athlete,torrance;NOTE:
I remember first seeing him as a guest at the crystal cathedral;..also lomita-torrance airport is named after him...; & he was an olympic athlete (met adolph hitler)..& a prisoner-of-war (pow) after a plane crash & drifting at sea for many weeks;...he also was a friend of john naber (fellow olympic Athlete)....; & all-around great guy...he even sent me a handwritten note to thank me for a birthday card I sent him.
*READ MORE AT
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/07/03/328077931/olympian-wwii-hero-louis-zamperini-dies-at-97
"...Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who later survived
the brutality of a Japanese prison of war camp after his
bomber crashed in the Pacific, has died at age 97.
Zamperini's life story was chronicled in the best-seller
Unbroken and a film based on the book is set to be
released in December.
In a statement his family said that Zamperini had
"recently faced the greatest challenge of his life with a
life-threatening case of pneumonia..."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/07/03/328077931/olympian-wwii-hero-louis-zamperini-dies-at-97
ALSO SEE
http://ktla.com/2014/07/03/louis-zamperini-war-hero-chosen-as-2015-rose-parade-grand-marshal-dies-at-97/
"...Zamperini's death came less than two months after
he was named the Grand Marshal of the 126th Rose
Parade, something he had called "an honor" at the
time.
Born to Italian immigrants in Olean, N.Y. in 1917,
Zamperini grew up in Torrance and was a world-class
runner by the time he graduated from Torrance High
School, a news release from the Pasadena
Tournament of Roses stated in May..."
http://ktla.com/2014/07/03/louis-zamperini-war-hero-chosen-as-2015-rose-parade-grand-marshal-dies-at-97/
ALSO SEE
http://m.deadline.com/2014/07/louis-zamperini-dies-olympian-war-hero-unbroken-movie/
"..youngest
member of the U.S. Olympic team
that traveled to Berlin for the 1936 games. He didn't
medal, but was so impressive that Hitler asked to meet
him. The 1940 Olympics in Tokyo were cancelled due to
the war, and in 1941, Zamperini enlisted in the Air Force.
When his plane went down in the Pacific during a rescue
mission, Zamperini and two other crew mates survived on
a raft in the hot sun for 47 days. They were ultimately
caught by the Japanese Navy, beginning a terrifying term
of captivity that lasted until the end of the war in 1945.
Universal first bought Zamperini's rights back in the
1950s. ..."
http://m.deadline.com/2014/07/louis-zamperini-dies-olympian-war-hero-unbroken-movie/
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