2
“the boy who doesn’t know”: Ibid.
3
Southern California Track and Field Championship: “Zamperini Runs Mile in 4m 21 3/5,”
, May 24, 1934; Peter Zamperini, telephone interview, October 15, 2004; Louis Zamperini, telephone interviews.
4
Interscholastic records: Jon Hendershott, associate editor,
, email interview, May 6, 2009; “Zamperini Runs Mile in 4m 21 3/5,”
, May 24, 1934; “Mercersburg’s Great Trio,”
, June 3, 1916; Bert Dahlgren, “Reedley’s Bob Seaman Is Pushed to National Mile Record of 4:21,”
, May 30, 1953; “Dobbs Seeks World Mile Record,”
, May 3, 1929.
5
“Torrance Tempest”: “Louis Zamperini of Torrance,”
, December 31, 1934.
6
insures legs: Peter Zamperini, telephone interview, July 10, 2006; Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
7
Top milers peak in mid-twenties: Charlie Paddock, “Spikes,” undated 1938 article from Zamperini scrapbook, NPN.
8
Cunningham world record, fastest high school mile, fastest career mile: “History of the Record for the Mile Run,” InfoPlease,
www.infoplease.com
(accessed July 9, 2004); Kiell, pp. 99–126, 266–67.
9
Compton Open preparation: Peter Zamperini, telephone interview, October 15, 2004; Louis Zamperini, telephone interviews; Louis Zamperini, interview by George Hodak, Hollywood, Calif., June 1988, AAFLA.
10
“If you stay”: Peter Zamperini, telephone interview, October 15, 2004.
11
“fifteen-minute torture chamber”: Louis Zamperini, letter to Louise Zamperini, July 14, 1936.
12
Compton Open: Undated articles from Zamperini scrapbook, no publications named; Peter Zamperini, telephone interview, October 19, 2004; Louis Zamperini, telephone interviews; Louis Zamperini, interview by George Hodak, Hollywood, Calif., June 1988, AAFLA.
13
Final qualifying race: “Bright of San Francisco Club,” undated article from Zamperini scrapbook, NPN.
14
Send-off to Olympic trials: Louis Zamperini, telephone interviews.
15
Heat: Janet Fisher, Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University, email interview, July 7, 2006; Keith Heidorn, PhD, “How Hot Can It Get? The Great Heat Wave of 1936,” The Weather Doctor,
http://www.islandnet.com/weather/almanac/arc2006/alm06jul.htm
