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Zamperini, Louis, 1917-2014

LC control no.n 96074244
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Personal name headingZamperini, Louis, 1917-2014
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LocatedTorrance (Calif.)
Birth date1917-01-26
Death date2014-07-02
Place of birthOlean (N.Y.)
Field of activityWorld War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
AffiliationUnited States. Army Air Forces
Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)
Profession or occupationPrisoners of war Olympic athletes
Found inA mission of mercy touches two lives, 1995: p. 17, etc. (Louis Zamperini)
Devil at my heels, 2003: CIP t.p. (Louis Zamperini) data sheet (b. 01-26-1917)
Telegraph (online), viewed July 3, 2014 (Louis Zamperini; b. Louis Silvie Zamperini, Jan. 26, 1917, Olean, N.Y.; moved with his family to Torrance, Calif. when he was two; d. July 2, 2014; American Olympian and airman whose extraordinary tale of endurance after being shot down became the subject of the bestselling book Unbroken)
Associated languageeng