Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985. Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 - ca. 1981. Photograph of Captain Louis Zamperini Making a Broadcast to the United States after Spending 28 Months in a Japanese Prison Camp , 9/27/1945.

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985. Photographs of American Military Activities, ca. 1918 - ca. 1981. Photograph of Captain Louis Zamperini Making a Broadcast to the United States after Spending 28 Months in a Japanese Prison Camp , 9/27/1945.

1945

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Original caption: Capt. Louis Zamperini of Los Angelos, California recently liberated after spending 28 months in Japanese Prison Camp, makes a broadcast to the United States over the (Manila Station of RCAC). To the right of Capt. Zamperini is Joe Laitin, (NBC and Reuters Correspondent).

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Zamperini, Louis, 1917-2014

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Louis Silvie Zamperini (January 26, 1917 – July 2, 2014) was an American World War II veteran and an Olympic distance runner. He took up running in high school and qualified for the United States in the 5,000 m race for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, finishing 8th while setting a new lap record in the process. In 1941, he was commissioned into the United States Army Air Forces as a lieutenant. He served as a bombardier in B-24 Liberators in the Pacific. On a search and rescue mission, Zamperini's ...