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

“If there was one thing left”: Russell Phillips, television interview, CBS, La Porte, Ind., January 1997. 147 Phil’s faith: Karen Loomis, telephone interview, November 17, 2004.

17

“I had told Al”: Reverned Russell Phillips, letter to Martha Heustis, May 6, 1943.

18

Bodies declining: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.

19

Cannibalism: Neil Hanson,

The Custom of the Sea: A Shocking True Tale of Shipwreck

,

Murder, and the Last Taboo

(New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1999); Nathaniel Philbrick,

In the Heart of the Sea

(New York: Viking, 2000).

21

Cannibalism not considered: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.

22

Praying, second albatross, catching fish, bandage rotting: Ibid.

23

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

24

Hooks on fingers: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.

25

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

26

Lice, chasing rain: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.

27

Phil overboard: Russell Allen Phillips, television interview, CBS, La Porte, Ind., January 1997.

28

Prayer followed by rain: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Louis Zamperini, interview by George Hodak, Hollywood, Calif., June 1988, AAFLA.

Chapter 15: Sharks and Bullets

1

Strafing: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Russell Allen Phillips, television interview, CBS, La Porte, Ind., January 1997; “42nd Bombardment Squadron: Addendum to Squadron History,” September 11, 1945, AFHRA, Maxwell AFB, Ala.; “Mr. Phillips on CBS, Our Hero, Mr. Phillips,” undated article from papers of Karen Loomis, NPN; Robert Trumbull, “Zamperini, Olympic Miler, Is Safe After Epic Ordeal,”

NYT

, September 9, 1945; Louis Zamperini, interview by George Hodak, Hollywood, Calif., June 1988, AAFLA; Alberta H. Jones, “La Porte War Hero Takes Part in Zamperini Show,” undated article from Phillips scrapbook, NPN; Louis Zamperini, POW diary, June 23, 1943, entry.

2

Phil thinks America will win: “Mr. Phillips on CBS, Our Hero, Mr. Phillips,” undated article from papers of Karen Loomis, NPN.

3

Sharks attacking: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Kelsey Phillips, “A Life Story,” unpublished memoir.

4

Patching: “42nd Bombardment Squadron: Addendum to Squadron History,” September 11, 1945, AFHRA, Maxwell AFB, Ala.; Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Louis Zamperini, interview by George Hodak, Hollywood, Calif., June 1988, AAFLA.

5

Transforming Phil’s raft: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Russell Allen Phillips, television interview, CBS,