Louis Zamperini Thesis

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Louis Zamperini had always been a troublesome boy. From beating other kids up to stealing items from neighbors, there was always doing something mischievous. In an attempt to reroute this craving, he was enrolled in sports, one of which was running. Eventually, Louis lived and breathed running. He even made it to the 1936 Olympics. After the Olympics,Louis joined the Army Air Corps in 1941, which is ironic because as a boy he wanted nothing to do with flying.He became a bombardier and flew many missions. However, on one such mission, the bomber he flew in was shot down. He was stranded in the middle of the ocean for 47 days surrounded by sharks and living on raw fish and occasionally bird. When Louis was first captured by the Japanese,

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