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Jul 3, 2014 · 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...
Dec 24, 2014 · Louis Zamperini was always exceptional. After getting into trouble as a child, Zamperini found an outlet in track and field. In a time when the four-minute mile was one of the most elusive goals in sports, Zamperini pushed the limits. Zamperini set the national high school record for the mile in 1934 with a time of 4:21.3.
Apr 17, 2024 · Meet Louis Zamperini, The Legendary Olympian Who Became A World War II Hero. By Marco Margaritoff | Edited By Austin Harvey. Published April 17, 2024. Updated May 2, 2024. Although Louis Zamperini was brutally tortured inside four Japanese POW camps during World War 2, he not only survived, he later forgave his captors.
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.
Jul 3, 2014 · Louis Zamperini, an Olympian and a war hero, has died at the age of 97. Zamperini ran in the 1936 Berlin Olympics and survived 47 days on a raft in the Pacific after his bomber crashed. Shortly...
Jul 3, 2014 · AP. Zamperini was held in solitary confinement for long stretches and told he would be executed. Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner and American World War Two veteran who survived two years as...
Jul 3, 2014 · Louis Zamperini, the USC Trojan Olympian whose heroics as a World War II prisoner of war earned him international fame, has died in Los Angeles. He was 97. “Lou was one of the greatest Americans and Trojans of all time,” USC President C. L. Max Nikias said.
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