The Bird leaves: Frank Tinker, telephone interview, February 20, 2005.
1
End of war at Rokuroshi: Emerson, pp. 80–84; Giles, pp. 154–57; La Forte, pp. 260–61; George Steiger, “Captain George Steiger: A POW Diary,”
http://www.fsteiger.com/gsteipow.html
(accessed October 2, 2009).
2
Little food, no tobacco: John Fitzgerald, POW diary, Papers of John A. Fitzgerald, Operational Archives Branch, NHC, Washington, D.C.; Wall, p. 302.
3
Fitzgerald demands food: John Fitzgerald, POW diary, Papers of John A. Fitzgerald, Operational Archives Branch, NHC, Washington, D.C.
4
Cow, pigs brought: Ken Marvin, telephone interview, January 31, 2005.
5
Fitzgerald’s dispatch, fight with commander: John Fitzgerald, POW diary, Papers of John A. Fitzgerald, Operational Archives Branch, NHC, Washington, D.C.
6
Fighters fly over: Ibid.; Wade, p. 169; Wall, p. 302; “Letters Recall End of Captivity,”
, undated article from
archives.
7
“Wonderful?”: “Letters Recall End of Captivity,”
, undated article from
archives.
8
Commander gives in: John Fitzgerald, POW diary, Papers of John A. Fitzgerald, Operational Archives Branch, NHC, Washington, D.C.
9
Supplies drop, men gorge themselves: John Cook, email interview, October 30, 2004; John Fitzgerald, POW diary, Papers of John A. Fitzgerald, Operational Archives Branch, NHC, Washington, D.C.; Wade, p. 170; Wall, pp. 302, 304; Robert Rasmussen, “A Momentous Message of Hope,”
, vol. 8, no. 1, Spring 1987; “Letters Recall End of Captivity,”
, undated article from
archives; Frank Tinker, telephone interview, February 20, 2005.
10
BOMBED HERE IN MAY 45
: Wall, p. 302.
11
Louie sleeps in parachute: Louis Zamperini, interview by George Hodak, Hollywood, Calif., June 1988, AAFLA.
12
“ ’Tis about 6 p.m., and I’m lying here”: “Letters Recall End of Captivity,”
, undated article from
