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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

de Laura Hillenbrand

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On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared--Lt. Louis Zamperini. Captured by the Japanese and driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor.… (més)
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Unbroken tells the life story of Louie Zamperini, who had a remarkable life. As a youth, he was quite the hell-raiser, but his brother got him involved in track, and he competed in the 1936 Olympics at age 19.

The majority of the book tells of Louie's service in the Army Air Corps during World War II, surviving when his plane went down in the Pacific, then surviving 47 days drifting on a life raft before being captured by the Japanese. He then experiences life as a POW, having to survive multiple prison camps for over two years. I was aware that the Japanese treated their prisoners very badly, but the descriptions of life in the Japanese POW camps was shocking. Their treatment of POWs was similar to Nazi concentration camps.

The book does not end with the end of the war. It follows Zamperini's life after he returns, his struggles with PTSD and alcoholism, and his Christian conversion. Hillenbrand also reports on the postwar lives of others whom Zamperini had known, including some of his Japanese captors.

Hillenbrand has done a tremendous amount of research for this book. She does a great job of recreating what the world was like at the time, in addition to telling us about Zamperini's life. She conducted many interviews and reviewed diaries, letters, unpublished memoirs, as well as official documents. It all adds up to a book rich with information, more than I had expected. ( )
  atozgrl | Sep 16, 2023 |
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  ASKier | Sep 11, 2023 |
This was recommended to me and I wasn't sure at first. I don't always love war stories and biographies are typically hit or miss with me. But I REALLY enjoyed this! I listened to the audio book and this was just so captivating and such an unbelievable story. How this man lived through this, is just beyond me. I gave it 4.5 stars instead of 5 only because the part where he first goes to war, I started to lose interest because they were mentioning so many people and I was getting lost. But soon, it got into the part where he was at sea, and wow, I couldn't stop listening. Excellent book and really puts life into perspective. How someone can live that long with abuse, almost being eaten by sharks, starvation, sickness, and although had a dark period, come out with a positive attitude. Unbroken was the perfect name for this book! ( )
  Mav-n-Libby | Sep 6, 2023 |
Riveting storytelling and inspiring. Very educational and thoroughly researched. Thank a veteran for their sacrifices. ( )
  lieblbiz | Aug 30, 2023 |
I cried at least seven times.

My grandfather was also in the Army Air Force. He was also a POW. He was in Germany however, not Japan. I found that a lot of what Louie experienced was similar to what I have heard my grandfather experience.

This book displays the strength of brave American men that mastered survival. ( )
  CaitlinDaugherty | Aug 28, 2023 |
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"Anyone who enjoyed Hillenbrand's previous book, Seabiscuit, will know that she has a fine line in compelling narrative. Unbroken is no different: meticulously researched and powerful. The reader, unlike the airmen, would rather the days adrift went on longer. They end, however, in grim style. Zamperini and fellow survivor are in sight of land when they are captured by Japanese forces. The Red Cross, however, is never informed and the two are declared dead."
 
The ideal way to read “Unbroken” would be with absolutely no knowledge of how Mr. Zamperini’s life unfolded. Ms. Hillenbrand has written her book so breathlessly, and with such tight focus, that she makes it difficult to guess what will happen to him from one moment to the next, let alone how long he was able to survive under extreme duress...So “Unbroken” is a celebration of gargantuan fortitude, that of both Ms. Hillenbrand (whose prose shatters any hint of her debilitating fatigue) and Mr. Zamperini’s. It manages to be as exultant as “Seabiscuit” as it tells a much more harrowing, less heart-warming story.

 

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[Preface] All he could see, in every direction, was water. It was June 22, 1943. Somewhere on the Pacific Ocean, American military airman and Olympic runner Louie Zamperini lay on a small raft, drifting.
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On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared--Lt. Louis Zamperini. Captured by the Japanese and driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor.

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