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

14

Louie gets sugar for Tinker: Frank Tinker, telephone interview, February 20, 2005; Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.

15

Only two deaths after school created: Martindale, p. 169.

16

Louie beaten: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.

17

Sakaba watches beating: Ibid.

18

The Bird holding power over superiors: Norquist, p. 279; Wade, p. 120; Weinstein, p. 255.

19

Watanabe’s impunity: Yuichi Hatto, written interview, August 28, 2004.

20

Kind guards: Bush, p. 200; Yuichi Hatto, written interview, August 28, 2004; Boyington, pp. 302–03; Martindale, p. 195; Norquist, p. 288; Gamble, p. 336; Yukichi Kano, “Statement of Yukichi Kano Tokio P.O.W. Camp H.Q. (Omori),” undated, from papers of Robert Martindale.

21

Red Cross inspection: Martindale, p. 123; Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.

22

Louie’s defiance: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.

23

Postman Calls:

E. Bartlett Kerr,

Surrender and Survival: The Experience of American POWs in the Pacific, 1941– 1945

(New York: William Morrow, 1985), pp. 189–90; “The Zero Hour,”

Glasgow.com

,

http://www.glasglow.com/e2/th/The_Zero_Hour.html

(accessed September 25, 2009).

24

Radio message: E. H. Stephan, postcard to Zamperini family, October 18, 1944.

25

Louie knew nothing of broadcast: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.

26

Message in Trona: E. H. Stephan, postcard to Zamperini family, October 18, 1944, stamp on card.

Chapter 25: B-29

1

Louie taking wheelbarrow to Tokyo: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.

2

State of Tokyo: Milton McMullen, telephone interview, February 16, 2005; Bush, pp. 213, 222–23; Weinstein, p. 248.

3

Graffiti: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.

4

B-29: “Boeing B-29 Superfortress,” Military Factory,

http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=82

(accessed October 15, 2009).

5

Steakley’s flight: E. Bartlett Kerr,