Louis Zamperini
Louis Zamperini
Louis Silvie "Louie" Zamperiniwas a US prisoner of war survivor in World War II, a Christian evangelist and an Olympic distance runner...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth26 January 1917
CityOlean, NY
CountryUnited States of America
experience highest human knowing plane
I've got to say that is - the highest emotion of the human experience is going down in a plane knowing your going to die!
grade
I couldn't speak English. I'm in kindergarten, and the only reason I got through to first grade is because I cheated.
self-esteem winning race
Self-esteem can’t win you a race if you’re not in shape.
unbroken ifs
If you can take it, you can make it.
challenges faces raised
I was raised to face any challenge.
army air fields
I ended up in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific, operating out of Ayuka field in Hawaii.
hates hits misses
If you hate somebody, it's like a boomerang that misses its target and comes back and hits you in the head. The one who hates is the one who hurts.
Hate is self-destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate. You're hurting yourself. And that's a healing. Actually, it's a real healing, forgiveness.
came forgot god home main prison promises seek serve wrapped
All I did was pray to God, every day. In prison camp, the main prayer was, 'Get me home alive, God, and I'll seek you and serve you.' I came home, got wrapped up in the celebration, and forgot about the hundreds of promises I'd made to God.
When you're on a raft, you pray like in a foxhole.
society
'Unbroken' was published as a help to society.