Louis Zamperini was an American World War II veteran, Olympian, and Christian evangelist. He was born in 1917 in New York and lived there with his wife Cynthia and their three children. Zamperini served in World War 2 as an Army Air Forces captain and survived 47 days at sea after his plane crashed in 1943, enduring extreme hunger, thirst, and shark attacks before being rescued. He passed away in 2014 at the age of 97.
Louis Zamperini was an American World War II veteran, Olympian, and Christian evangelist. He was born in 1917 in New York and lived there with his wife Cynthia and their three children. Zamperini served in World War 2 as an Army Air Forces captain and survived 47 days at sea after his plane crashed in 1943, enduring extreme hunger, thirst, and shark attacks before being rescued. He passed away in 2014 at the age of 97.
Louis Zamperini was an American World War II veteran, Olympian, and Christian evangelist. He was born in 1917 in New York and lived there with his wife Cynthia and their three children. Zamperini served in World War 2 as an Army Air Forces captain and survived 47 days at sea after his plane crashed in 1943, enduring extreme hunger, thirst, and shark attacks before being rescued. He passed away in 2014 at the age of 97.
wife Cynthia and their 3 his rank was a captain kids, Rocco, Walter and Ricci Happily married to Graduated from Cynthia Applewhite Barrington High school in 1946 "the one who forgives never brings up the past Served in World War 2 to that person's face. When you forgive , it's like it never happened like The B-24 Stevenovich II just after being struck by flak. The plane spun several times, then exploded. The radar operator, First Lieutenant Edward Walsh, Jr., was thrown from the plane and managed to open his parachute. He survived. The other crewmen were presumed dead. Cynthia Applewhite. When Louie first saw this beautiful Miami debutante, he had the wild thought that he had to marry her. Years later, she would save his life.
Louie wins the 1933 UCLA
Cross Country Two-Mile race by a quarter of a mile.