(New York: Donald I. Fine, 1991), p. 92.
6
Earlier B-29 raids on mainland Japan: Ibid., pp. 57–60, 64–68.
7
B-29 flying over Omori: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Tom Wade, telephone interview, September 17, 2005; Frank Tinker, telephone interview, February 20, 2005; Martindale, pp. 166–67; Wade, pp. 138–39; Clarke, p. 147; Robert Martindale, telephone interview, January 2, 2005; Tom Wade, telephone interview, January 2, 2005.
8
“It was not their Messiah”: Martindale, p. 176.
9
Smuggling newspapers: Milton McMullen, telephone interview, February 16, 2005.
10
Distortions in Japanese press: Weinstein, p. 242.
11
Plane downed with rice ball: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
12
“Lone enemy B-29 visits Tokyo area”: Norquist, p. 287.
13
FLED IN CONSTERNATION:
Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
14
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Wade, p. 139.
15
The Bird beats Louie with belt: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Robert Trumbull, “Zamperini, Olympic Miler, Is Safe After Epic Ordeal,”
, September 9, 1945.
16
The Bird forces Maher to burn letters: Affidavit, Francis Harry Frankcom, from files on Mutsuhiro Watanabe (Sgt.), vol. 1, 1945–1952, POW 201 File 1945–1947, SCAP, Legal Section, Administrative Division, RAOOH, RG 331, NACP.
17
Radio Tokyo visit: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Martindale, pp. 129–30; “42nd Bombardment Squadron: Addendum to Squadron History,” September 11, 1945, AFHRA, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
18
Writing radio address: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
19
Lynn Moody: Lynn Moody Hoffman, letter to Louis Zamperini, August 14, 1998.
20
DeMille interviews Zamperinis: Sylvia Flammer, telephone interviews, October 25, 27, 2004; “Sixth War Bond Drive,” November 19, 1944, interview transcript.
21
Harvey’s wounding: Sylvia Flammer, telephone interviews, October 25, 27, 2004.
22
Moody hears new broadcast: Lynn Moody Hoffman, letter to Louis Zamperini, August 14, 1998.
23
Text of address: From papers of Louis Zamperini.
24
Visit with caller from San Marino: Handwritten notes from papers of Louis Zamperini.
