Louis Zamperini

An Olympic runner, a survivor of the Pacific and POW Camps, and a man for us all to look up to....

Episode Transcript

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He was unbroken oldest Gus says wetook a bite out of history with Ingles
markets. He was a boy fromCalifornia and he ran in a nineteen thirty
six Olympics. Louis Zamporini. OnMay twenty seventh, nineteen forty three,
Louis and his B twenty four airplanecrew ditched in the Pacific Ocean. Stuck
in a raft in the middle ofthe Pacific Ocean, they fought off sharks
daily. They captured seabirds and finishedat They ate raw and drank collected rainwater.

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They were lost at sea for fortyseven days and drifted two thousand miles.
Louis emporini story only just begins.After his forty seven days lost at
sea, He's picked up by aJapanese ship and then spends two horrific years
in pow camps, being tortured daily. Zamporini was finally released and returned home
to California at the end of thewar. He developed a strong drinking habit
and was constantly haunted by his timein the pow camps. Then, in

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nineteen forty nine, after hearing ayoung creature by the name of Billy Graham.
He became a Christian and dedicated hislife to being an inspirational speaker and
bringing love enclosure to the people ofJapan, specifically his captors. His stories
amoralized in the book and movie Unbroken. This has been a bite out of
history with Ingles Markets