Zamperini Invitational Mile: “Hero Takes Mile Without Running,”
(Tenn.)
, March 4, 1946.
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Louie meets Cynthia: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Louis Zamperini, letters to Cynthia Applewhite, April 15 and May 9, 1946; Ric Applewhite, telephone interview, March 12, 2008; Sylvia Flammer, telephone interviews, October 25, 27, 2004.
22
“I want to see you again”: Ric Applewhite, telephone interview, March 12, 2008.
23
Cynthia dating Macs, first date: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
24
Cynthia’s history: Ric Applewhite, telephone interview, March 12, 2008.
25
Drinking gin at sixteen: Louis Zamperini, letter to Cynthia Applewhite, May 8, 1946.
26
Louie throws toilet paper down hotel wall: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
27
Louie proposes: Louis Zamperini, letter to Cynthia Applewhite, May 9, 1946.
28
Engagement concerns Applewhites: Louis Zamperini, letter to Cynthia Applewhite, April 13, 1946; Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
29
Cynthia ignorant of POW experiences: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
30
Easy on rice, barley: Louis Zamperini, letter to Cynthia Applewhite, May 2, 1946.
31
Louie gets drunk on date: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
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Louie warns Cynthia: Louis Zamperini, letter to Cynthia Applewhite, April 23, 1946.
33
“We have got to set”: Louis Zamperini, letter to Cynthia Applewhite, April 15, 1946.
34
“If you love me enough”: Louis Zamperini, letter to Cynthia Applewhite, April 23, 1946.
35
Louie prepares for wedding: Louis Zamperini, letters to Cynthia Applewhite, April 5, 9, 27 and May 8, 1946.
36
Cynthia wants a home: Louis Zamperini, letter to Cynthia Applewhite, April 23, 1946.
37
Sleeping on floors: Louis Zamperini, letter to Cynthia Applewhite, May 10, 1946.
38
Concerns about Applewhites: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Ric Applewhite, telephone interview, March 12, 2008; Louis Zamperini, letter to Eric Applewhite, April 1946; Eric Applewhite, letter to Louis Zamperini, April 16, 1946.
39
Louie trains: Louis Zamperini, letter to Cynthia Applewhite, April 13, 1946; Louis Zamperini, letter to Edwin Wilber, May 1946.
40
Cynthia’s deal with parents: Louis Zamperini, letter to Cynthia Applewhite, April 25, 1946; Ric Applewhite, telephone interview, March 12, 2008.
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