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Louie joins the army air corps
Louie joins the army air corps and eventually gets washed out and then rejoins unhappily -
War in the air
Japan seizes the island of Nauru in January 1942 and at this point in April Louie and the superman are ordered to bomb the phosphate industries on the island. The superman then gets involved into an intense dogfight with the Japanese zeros while attempting to bomb the phosphate works. 594 holes are shot in the plane. One dies, and others injured unable to return. -
Death of one but many to come
George Moznette, the Superman's former copilot, dies in a plane crash -
Louies journal entry on the mechanical problems
Louie had recorded many serious mechanical problems in the "Superman" and other planes he flew. He had experienced in-flight engine failure, gas leaks, oil pressure problems and brake problems. -
Louie accomplishes his bombing mission
They find the island of Makin and Louie is the one to drops 3,000 pounds onto some outhouses he sees from up above and everything blows sky high meaning that he has blown up the phosphate works the Japanese had stolen -
Louie versus the "Green Hornet"
Louie, Phill, and other superman veterans are transferred to the 42nd squadron of the 11th bomb group and the new crew flew the "Green Hornet" which had been run down and Louie refers to it as "the craziest plane ever" and wishes to never fly it again -
Louie's stress relief
Louie wakes up at 5 a.m. To start his morning off with a 4:12 minute mile run. "He was in the best shape of his life" and Louie runs in order or remind him of something he used to love to do and keep his mind off the misery in time of war -
Louie and the crew lost at sea
The green hornet and it's crew members are finally declared missing at 4:30 a.m. -
Louie fight to survive
Tribute to all crashed WW2 aircrafts. The green hornet plummets into the ocean and blows into pieces with the result of only Phil, Louie, and Mac surviving. Louie at one point is stuck in the cords of the plane underwater but finally manages to surface upward. The three men pile in one six foot raft in order to remain alive. They are cramped in but manage to make it work for about 46 days. -
The attempt to become found
Louie shoots a flare fun up into the sky when the B-24 "daisy Mae" is traveling up ahead in the clouded skies and the three men are gone unnoticed. This angers Louie but he eventually cools down and understands why it could have been hard to see them -
Another failed attempt
A second plane flies over them and Louie fires a flare once again and the plane approaches them only for the men to soon find out it a Japanese bomber plane that starts firing at then and they are forced to go into the water and hide under the raft for protection -
Kindness from the Japanese
On the 46th day, they finally see am island up ahead, but soon enough a Japanese boat comes alongside them and takes them on board. Surprisingly Louie and phill are offered cigarettes, a cup of water, and one biscuit each. -
Relief evolving into agony
Louie and phill are taken and housed separately on a freighter. As the freighter approaches Kwajalein the Japanese start to become harsher. Both castaways are blindfolded and then thrown into a wooden cell. https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/PRISON-CAMPS-OFUNA-and-OMORI-Unbroken-Louis-Zamperini-Story -
Louie and Phill's new journey of misery
42 days after being on execution island, Louie and Phill are stripped naked and splashed with water, and the are allowed to put their clothes on and take to a ship that will take them to Yokohama Japan to a POW camp -
Louie remains in the prison camp alone
Louise friend phill is transferred to a new camp in Ashio, a POW camp called Zentsuji to be the best and associated with the Red Cross. Phill also writes a letter home but someone burns it as opposed to delivering it. -
Louie's "death"
Louie is finally declared dead but no one seems to believe it -
Louie's desperation
Louie, and his new prison friends Harris and tinker want to attempt to escape but Harris has a disease called beriberi and Louie is doing chords around camp like shaving guards or starching shirts. They are also starved and beaten severely -
Louie's small paradise inside a purgatory
Louie packs up his belongings and caught a ride to his new Kualoa digs, which is a private cottage 30 feet from the ocean. -
Louie's horrible greeting
Louie and others are transferred to a different camp called Omori. When they arrive they are immediately greeted by Watanabe, meaning they are beaten to a pulp. -
Japan surrenders
Japan has finally agreed to surrender and Louie is finally able to return home after two and a half years. Three days later (September, 5th) a train coke a to take the POW's away.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/remembering-the-unbroken-spirit-of-louis-zamperini/
