War hero, Olympian Louis Zamperini dies at 97 ABC7 San Francisco
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. He was a solid distance runner but his life after athletics was far more interesting.
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Unbroken: Path to Redemption: Directed by Harold Cronk. With Samuel Hunt, Merritt Patterson, Bobby Campo, David Sakurai. The next amazing chapter of Olympian and World War II hero Louis Zamperini's powerful true story of forgiveness, redemption, and amazing grace.
War Hero, Olympian Louis Zamperini Dies at 97 ExtremelySharp Life
Full Name: Louis Silvie Zamperini. Occupation: Olympic athlete, Army veteran, Christian evangelist. Born: January 26, 1917. Died: July 2, 2014. Education: University of Southern California. Published Works: Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II.
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Louis Silvie Zamperini (January 26, 1917 - July 2, 2014) was an American World War II prisoner of war survivor, motivational speaker and track and field athlete . Biography Zamperini was a long-distance runner at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Nazi Germany. During World War II, Zamperini was a soldier on a bomber airplane in the Pacific War.
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The son of working-class Italian immigrants, Louis Silvie Zamperini was born in Olean, New York, on January 26 1917. When the child was two, his father moved the family to Torrance, California.
Louis Zamperini, war hero, Olympic distance runner, 2015 Rose Parade
On May 27, 1943, his aircraft experienced mechanical problems during a mission and ditched into the ocean 850 miles south of Oahu, Hawaii. Only three men survived the crash, including Zamperini.
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Louis Silvie Zamperini was born January 26, 1917 to parents Anthony "Tony" Zamperini and Louise Zamperini in Olean, NY. The family moved to Torance, CA. Nicknamed the "Torrance Tornado", he earned a a scholarship to USC and participated in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin as a 5,000m runner and finished eight. Two years later in 1938, Zamperini.
Louis Zamperini Track and Field Athlete Biography
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.
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1. He was a juvenile delinquent. Born in January 1917 to Italian immigrant parents, Zamperini spent his youth as one of Torrance, California's most notorious troublemakers. A smoker at age 5 and.
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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.
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Captain Louis Silvie Zamperini was about 26 years old when he died for the first time. In 1943, he was serving as a bombardier in the U.S. Air Force, flying over the Pacific Ocean on a rescue mission, when the plane crashed due to malfunctioning.
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Long before Louis Silvie Zamperini was an Olympic athlete and soldier in WWII, he was a child criminal no one knew how to handle. Born to Italian immigrants in New York in January 1917, he was the second of what would become four children. His parents were Anthony, a coal miner and boxer, and Louise, who had Louis when she was 18.
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Dec 24, 201411:54 AM Jack O'Connell as Louis Zamperini in Unbroken. Photo by Universal Pictures Laura Hillenbrand's biography Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and.
Olympian, WWII Hero Louis Zamperini Dies At 97 The TwoWay NPR
July 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.
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Louis Silvie Zamperini was born Jan. 26, 1917, in Olean, N.Y., and moved with his family to Torrance, Calif., in 1920. His parents spoke Italian at home, and young Louie, as he was called, didn.
Louis Zamperini From Olympic Track Star to POW VA News
A star runner, war hero, and survivor of 47 days at sea in a rubber raft and two years of torture in Japanese prison camps, Louis Zamperini, who has died aged 97, experienced the sort of life.