Unbroken a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption /

Unbroken a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption /

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On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane's bombardier, who was strugglin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hillenbrand, Laura
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, c2010
Edition:Kindle ed
Subjects:
Zamperini, Louis, > 1917-
United States > Army Air Forces. > Bombardment Group, 307th
Long-distance runners > United States > Biography
Prisoners of war > Japan > Biography
Prisoners of war > United States > Biography
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
Table of Contents:
  • The one-boy insurgency
  • Run like mad
  • The torrance tornado
  • Plundering Germany
  • Into war
  • The flying coffin
  • "This is it, boys"
  • "Only the laundry knew how scared I was"
  • Five hundred and ninety-four holes
  • The stinking six
  • "Nobody's going to live through this"
  • Downed
  • Missing at sea
  • Thirst
  • Sharks and bullets
  • Singing in the clouds
  • Typhoon
  • A dead body breathing
  • Two hundred silent men
  • Farting for Hirohito
  • Belief
  • Plots afoot
  • Monster
  • Hunted
  • B-29
  • Madness
  • Falling down
  • Enslaved
  • Two hundred and twenty punches
  • The boiling city
  • The naked stampede
  • Cascades of pink peaches
  • Mother's Day
  • The shimmering girl
  • Coming undone
  • The body on the mountain
  • Twisted ropes
  • A beckoning whistle
  • Daybreak

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