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

6

B-24 flies over: See note above, about B-25 flying over; also: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Russell Allen Phillips, television interview, CBS, La Porte, Ind., January 1997; John Joseph Deasy, telephone interview, April 4, 2005; Lester Herman Scearce, Jr., telephone interview, March 11, 2005; “42nd Bombardment Squadron: Addendum to Squadron History,” September 11, 1945, AFHRA, Maxwell AFB, Ala.; Robert Trumbull, “Zamperini, Olympic Miler, Is Safe After Epic Ordeal,”

NYT

, September 9, 1945; Louis Zamperini, POW diary, May 30, 1943 entry (entered when Louie began keeping diary, after October 1943).

7

“If we ever looked”: Lester Herman Scearce, Jr., telephone interview, March 11, 2005.

8

Smitty sightings: 42nd squadron activity log, May 30, 1943, AFHRA, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

9

“Cuppernell, Phillips, Zamperini”: Cleveland, p. 159.

10

Mac snaps: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.

11

Louie prays: Ibid.

12

Letters home, Zamperinis see Cuppernells: Russell Allen Phillips, letter to Reverend Russell Phillips, May 15, 1943; Russell Allen Phillips, letter to Cecy Perry, May 15, 1943; Peter Zamperini, letter to Louis Zamperini, June 3, 1943; Payton Jordan, telephone interviews, August 13, 16, 2004; Louis Zamperini, letter to Payton Jordan, May 27, 1943.

13

“I sure hope”: Reverend Russell Phillips, letter to Martha Heustis, May 6, 1943.

14

Search ends: Lester Herman Scearce, Jr., telephone interview, March 11, 2005.

15

Krey visits cottage: Jack Krey, telephone interview, August 18, 2005.

16

Telegram to Kelsey Phillips: telegram, Adjutant General to Kelsey Phillips, June 4, 1943.

17

Zamperinis react: Sylvia Flammer, telephone interviews, October 25, 27, 2004; Peter Zamperini, telephone interviews, October 15, 17, 19, 22, 2004.

18

“Life of Zamp”: George T. Davis, “Zamperini Career Brilliant, Life of Zamp,”

Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express

, June 5, 1943.

19

Jordan learns news: Payton Jordan, telephone interviews, August 13, 16, 2004.

20

Louise’s hand sores: Sylvia Flammer, telephone interviews, October 25, 27, 2004.

21

Pillsbury and Douglas: Stanley Pillsbury, telephone interviews, August 25, 2004, March 9, 2005, and August 18, 2006.

22

Pillsbury’s remainder of war: Ibid.

23

Flag hung: Jack Cuddy, “Flag Hangs in Memory of Zamperini,”

Syracuse

(N.Y.)

Herald-Journal

, June 24, 1943.

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