15
Speaking offensively to guards: Boyington, pp. 267–68.
16
Convincing guard that sundial worked at night: Boyington, pp. 264–65.
17
Farting at Hirohito: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Gamble, p. 325.
18
POW diary: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
19
Guards say they shot Lincoln and torpedoed D.C.: Constance Humphrey, “A Taste of Food from Skies,”
, March 29, 1946.
20
Papers stolen during interrogation: John A. Fitzgerald, POW diary, Papers of John A. Fitzgerald, Operational Archives Branch, NHC, Washington, D.C.
21
Fall 1943: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Johan Arthur Johansen,
, issue 1, 1990, translated from Norwegian by Nina B. Smith.
22
Officials stealing food: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Boyington, pp. 290–91.
23
“To give you an idea”: John A. Fitzgerald, POW diary, Papers of John A. Fitzgerald, Operational Archives Branch, NHC, Washington, D.C.
24
Smoking: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
25
Collapsing at baseball, editor comes to camp: Ibid.
26
Race against a Japanese runner: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Louis Zamperini, 1946 notes on captive experience.
27
Asking Sasaki to help, Mead and Duva: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
28
Minsaas dies: John A. Fitzgerald, POW diary, Papers of John A. Fitzgerald, Operational Archives Branch, NHC, Washington, D.C.; Johan Arthur Johansen,
, issue 2, 1990, translated from Norwegian by Nina B. Smith; Johan Arthur Johansen, email interview, March 26, 2005.
29
“We … believed”: Johan Arthur Johansen, email interview, March 26, 2005.
30
Christiansen gives coat: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
31
Garrett: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Fred Garrett, affidavit, John D. Murphy Collection, HIA, Stanford, Calif.
32
Tinker: Frank Tinker, telephone interview, February 20, 2005.
33
Mental clarity of Tinker, Harris: Ibid.
34
Louie’s second race: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
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