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Louie Zamperini: A Brief Biography
Louie Zamperini grew up as a troublemaker. He would steal food, and dreaming of running away from home. His older brother Pete was the one who turned his love from running from trouble into running in track. His brother helped him find his passion and love for running. In high school Louie broke all of the running records and he went to the Germany Olympics for running.
As Louie was training for running in the Olympics when WWII started, so he went in for the Air Force. As Louie was in a plane named the “Hornet” it was shot down and only three of the men in the plane survived. Mac, Phil, and Louie were the only men that were left alive. While they were strained in the Pacific, Phil blames himself for the crash, Louie fights a shark and eats
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