Unbroken_ A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption - Laura Hillenbrand [230]
32 Guard thrown from galley: Ken Marvin, telephone interview, January 31, 2005.
33 NO MORE—THANKS: Robert Rasmussen, “A Momentous Message of Hope,” National Aviation Museum Foundation Magazine, vol. 8, no. 1, Spring 1987.
34 one thousand planes, 4,500 tons of supplies: Daws, p. 340.
35 Cocoa hits office: Martindale, p. 233; Robert Martindale, telephone interview, January 2, 2005.
36 Louie washes shirt: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
37 Industrial machines in private houses: Ken Marvin, telephone interview, January 31, 2005.
38 Tinker buys record: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
39 fifteen hundred Red Cross boxes in storehouse: Ken Marvin, telephone interview, January 31, 2005.
40 Men find brothel: Wade, p. 170.
41 Marvin on bicycle and in bath: Ken Marvin, telephone interview, January 31, 2005.
42 Occupying forces don’t arrive: John Fitzgerald, POW diary, Papers of John A. Fitzgerald, Operational Archives Branch, NHC, Washington, D.C.
43 Fitzgerald hits official: Ken Marvin, telephone interview, January 31, 2005.
44 POWs walk to train: Wall, p. 304; Wade, p. 170; Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
45 Fitzgerald stays: John Fitzgerald, POW diary, Papers of John A. Fitzgerald, Operational Archives Branch, NHC, Washington, D.C.
46 Japanese saluting: Wall, p. 304.
Chapter 33: Mother’s Day
1 POWs on train: Ken Marvin, telephone interview, January 21, 2005; Wade, p. 171; Knox, p. 452; Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
2 “First there were trees”: Knox, p. 451.
3 “Welcome back, boys”: Wade, p. 171.
4 “Before me in immaculate khaki uniform”: Ibid.
5 Women like goddesses: Ken Marvin, telephone interview, January 21, 2005.
6 Trumbull encounters Louie: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; “Zamperini Gives Sidelights of His Dramatic Trip Back,” October 1, 1945, NPN, from papers of Louis Zamperini; Louis Zamperini, interview by George Hodak, Hollywood, Calif., June 1988, AAFLA.
7 “Zamperini’s dead”: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
8 “If I knew”: Robert Trumbull, “Zamperini, Olympic Miler, Is Safe After Epic Ordeal,” NYT, September 9, 1945.
9 Hoarding K rations: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Louis Zamperini, interview by George Hodak, Hollywood, Calif., June 1988, AAFLA.
10 Rosynek watches men deplane: Frank Rosynek, email interview, June 21, 2005.
11 POW told his wife married his uncle: “Sends Love Message to Soldier Husband,” Council Bluffs Nonpareil, September 11, 1945.
12 Louie interviewed: Frank Rosynek, written interview, December 8, 2007.
13 “Well, I’ll be damned”: Jack Krey, telephone interview, August 18, 2005.
14 11th Bomb Group, 42nd squadron men lost: Cleveland, pp. 484–85.
15 Only four of sixteen men from barracks alive: Jesse Stay, “Twenty-nine Months in the Pacific,” unpublished memoir.
16 four hundred athletes killed: “400 Stars Give Lives in Service,” Oakland Tribune, December 30, 1944; Walt Dobbins, “I May Be Wrong,” Lincoln (Neb.) Journal, January 6, 1944.
17 Louie not allowed food, clothes: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
18 Louie assessed by physicians: “Lou Zamperini Has Won Final Race on Track,” Olean (N.Y.) Times-Herald, September 13, 1945.
19 “It’s finished”: “Zamperini Drifted 1,200 Miles on Raft,” Stars and Stripes, September 14, 1945.
20 “Darling, we will”: Sylvia Zamperini, letter to Louis Zamperini, August 31, 1945.
21 Pete learns Louie free: “Lou Zamperini’s Release Thrills Brother at NTC,” Hoist (U.S. Naval Training Center, San Diego), September 14, 1945.
22 Preparing for homecoming, family quotations: “Zamperini’s Mother Sheds Tears of Joy,” undated article from papers of Peter Zamperini, NPN.
23 Freeing Rokuroshi: George Steiger, “Captain George Steiger: A POW Diary,” http://www.fsteiger.com/gsteipow.html (accessed October 2, 2009); Emerson, pp. 86–87; Giles, pp. 155–65; Kerr, Surrender, pp. 288–89.
24 History of American flag: Giles, pp. 156–57.
25 Kelsey Phillips learns Allen is free: “Lt. Allen Phillips Back in Care of U.S. Army, Mother