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

POW diary that he began shortly after his capture, he stated that they were told they were on Wotje. Phil also stated that it was Wotje.

17

Forty-eight bullet holes: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.

18

They are our friends:

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

19

“After you leave here”: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.

20

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

21

Conditions on Kwajalein: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Russell Allen Phillips, television interview, CBS, La Porte, Ind., January 1997; Louis Zamperini and Russell Allen Phillips, affidavits, John D. Murphy Collection, HIA, Stanford, Calif.; Louis Zamperini, 1946 notes on captive experience; Robert Trumbull, “Zamperini, Olympic Miler, Is Safe After Epic Ordeal,”

NYT

, September 9, 1945.

22

NINE MARINES:

Tripp Wiles,

Forgotten Raiders of ’42: The Fate of the Marines Left Behind on Makin

(Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, 2007), photo caption.

23

All I see:

Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.

PART IV

Chapter 18: A Dead Body Breathing

1

Hardtack, tea: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; “42nd Bombardment Squadron: Addendum to Squadron History,” September 11, 1945, AFHRA, Maxwell AFB, Ala.; Louis Zamperini, affidavit, John D. Murphy Collection, HIA, Stanford, Calif.; Robert Trumbull, “Zamperini, Olympic Miler, Is Safe After Epic Ordeal,”

NYT

, September 9, 1945.

2

Meeting native: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.

3

Forced to sleep by waste hole: Ibid.

4

Diarrhea: Louis Zamperini, affidavit, John D. Murphy Collection, HIA, Stanford, Calif.; Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Louis Zamperini, 1946 notes on captive experience.

5

Boiling water thrown in face: Louis Zamperini, affidavit, John D. Murphy Collection, HIA, Stanford, Calif.; Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Louis Zamperini, 1946 notes on captive experience.

6

Louie hears singing: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.

7

Phil’s ordeal: Russell Allen Phillips, television interview, CBS, La Porte, Ind., January 1997; Russell Allen Phillips, affidavit, John D. Murphy Collection, HIA, Stanford, Calif.

8

Carving name in wall: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.

9

“What’s going to happen?”: Russell Allen Phillips, television interview, CBS, La Porte, Ind., January 1997.