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

24

“He didn’t make it”: Stanley Pillsbury, telephone interview, March 9, 2005.

25

Brooks family informed: “Sergt. H. V. Brooks Served in Pacific,” undated article from Phillips scrapbook, NPN.

Chapter 10: The Stinking Six

1

Funafuti bombing: Stanley Pillsbury, telephone interviews, August 25, 27, 2004, March 9, 2005, August 18, 2006, January 23 and April 21, 2007; Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Louis Zamperini, diary, April 21–23, 1943; John Joseph Deasy, telephone interview, April 4, 2005; Lester Herman Scearce, Jr., telephone interview, March 11, 2005; Jesse Stay, telephone interviews, July 23, 2004, and March 16, 2005; Frank Rosynek, “Not Everybody Wore Wings,” unpublished memoir; Frank Rosynek, email interview, June 15, 2005; Russell Allen Phillips, letter to Cecy Perry, May 1, 1943; Cleveland, p. 346; Britt, pp. 36–37; Howard and Whitley, pp. 138–44; Jesse Stay, “Twenty-nine Months in the Pacific,” unpublished memoir; Louis Zamperini, interview by George Hodak, Hollywood, Calif., June 1988, AAFLA.

2

“I looked around”: John Joseph Deasy, telephone interview, April 4, 2005.

3

Man runs into ocean: Howard and Whitley, p. 140.

4

Ladd saves natives: Howard and Whitley, p. 139; Philip Scearce, email interview, July 11, 2008.

5

“This feels like it, boys”: Howard and Whitley, p. 140.

6

“like animals crying”: Ibid., p. 143.

7

“I wasn’t only scared”: Cleveland, p. 258.

8

Phil’s fear: Russell Allen Phillips, letter to Reverend Russell Phillips, May 2, 1943.

9

“seemed like a railroad carload”: Frank Rosynek, “Not Everybody Wore Wings,” unpublished memoir.

10

“like the whole island”: Cleveland, p. 346.

11

Fourteen Japanese bombers: Britt, pp. 36–37.

12

“the Stinking Six”: Frank Rosynek, email interview, June 15, 2005.

13

Doctor works on Pillsbury: Stanley Pillsbury, telephone interviews, August 25, 27, 2004, March 9, 2005, August 18, 2006, January 23 and April 21, 2007.

14

“hamburgered”: Stanley Pillsbury, telephone interviews, August 25, 27, 2004, March 9, 2005, August 18, 2006, January 23 and April 21, 2007.

15

Lambert’s ninety-five missions: “Catonsville Air Gunner Has 95 Raids to Credit,” undated article from Phillips scrapbook, NPN.

16

Palmyra, depression, Kualoa: Louis Zamperini, diary, April–May 1943.

17

Francis McNamara: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Russell Allen Phillips, television interview, CBS, La Porte, Ind., January 1997.

18

Green Hornet:

Cleveland, p. 159; Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Russell Allen Phillips, television interview, CBS, La Porte, Ind., January 1997.