(accessed May 1, 2006); Janet Wall, National Climatic Data Center, email interview, July 7, 2006; Louis Zamperini, telephone interviews; “Cooler Weather in the East Is Delayed Again,”
(Canandaigua, N.Y.), July 13, 1936; William F. McIrath, “Heat Wave Deaths Pass 3,000 Mark,”
(N.Y.)
, July 15, 1936; Dr. James LuValle, interview by George Hodak, Palo Alto, Calif., June 1988, AAFLA; Malcolm W. Metcalf, interviewed by George A. Hodak, Claremont, Calif., February 1988, AAFLA; Archie F. Williams, interviewed by George A. Hodak, Santa Rosa, Calif., June 1988, AAFLA; Kenneth Griffin, interview by George Hodak, Carlsbad, Calif., August 1988, AAFLA.
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Race preparations: Louis Zamperini, letter to Pete Zamperini, July 10, 1936.
17
Prerace coverage, “If I have any”: Louis Zamperini, letter to Pete Zamperini, July 1936.
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Lash as unbeatable: Alan Gould, “Two New Records Fall Before Indiana’s Lash,”
(N.C.)
, July 4, 1936; Alan Gould, “Lash Tops U.S. Distance Stars on Trail of First Olympic Title,”
(N.Y.)
, June 27, 1936.
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“made a wreck of me”: “Runner Tells,”
, September 3, 1936.
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Olympic trial: “Local Boy Runs Dead Heat,”
, July 12, 1936; Bob Lwellyn, untitled article,
, July 1936; “Twenty Californians,” undated article from Zamperini scrapbook, NPN; Louis Zamperini, interview by George Hodak, Hollywood, Calif., June 1988, AAFLA; “Stars Fall in Games but Negro Contingent Shines,”
, July 13, 1936; George Kirksey, “Records Fall, Champions Beaten in Bitter Finals for American Games Team,”
(N.Y.)
, July 13, 1936; Henry McLemore, “America Sends Strongest Team to the Olympics,”
(N.Y.)
, July 15, 1936; George T. Davis, “Zamperini Had Confidence in Ability,”
, July 11, 1936; “Torrance Tornado in Dead Heat,”
, July 16, 1936; Peter Zamperini, letter to Louis Zamperini, July 19, 1936.
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“you couldn’t put a hair”: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview, July 10, 2006.
