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850 Pages·2010·4.59 MB·English
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Also by Laura Hillenbrand SEABISCUIT Copyright © 2010 by Laura Hil enbrand Al rights reserved. Published in the United States by Random House, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. RANDOM HOUSE and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN- PUBLICATION DATA Hil enbrand, Laura. Unbroken : a World War I story of survival, resilience, and redemption / Laura Hil enbrand. p. cm. eISBN: 978-0-679-60375-7 1. Zamperini, Louis, 1917– 2. World War, 1939–1945 —Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. 3. Prisoners of war —United States—Biography. 4. Prisoners of war— Japan—Biography. 5. World War, 1939–1945—Aerial operations, American. 6. World War, 1939–1945— Campaigns—Pacific Area. 7. United States. Army Air Forces. Heavy Bombardment Group, 307th. 8. Long- distance runners—United States—Biography. I. Title. D805.J3Z364 2010 940.54′7252092—dc22 [B] 2010017517 www.atrandom.com v3.1 For the wounded and the lost What stays with you latest and deepest? of curious panics, Of hard-fought engagements or sieges tremendous what deepest remains? —Walt Whitman, “The Wound-Dresser” CONTENTS Cover Other Books by This Author Title Page Copyright Dedication Map Epigraph Preface PART I Chapter 1. The One-Boy Insurgency Chapter 2. Run Like Mad Chapter 3. The Torrance Tornado Chapter 4. Plundering Germany Chapter 5. Into War PART I Chapter 6. The Flying Coffin Chapter 7. “This Is It, Boys” Chapter 8. “Only the Laundry Knew How Scared I Was” Chapter 9. Five Hundred and Ninety-four Holes Chapter 10. The Stinking Six Chapter 11. “Nobody’s Going to Live Through This” PART II Chapter 12. Downed Chapter 13. Missing at Sea Chapter 14. Thirst Chapter 15. Sharks and Bul ets Chapter 16. Singing in the Clouds Chapter 17. Typhoon PART IV Chapter 18. A Dead Body Breathing Chapter 19. Two Hundred Silent Men Chapter 20. Farting for Hirohito Chapter 21. Belief Chapter 22. Plots Afoot Chapter 23. Monster Chapter 24. Hunted Chapter 25. B-29 Chapter 26. Madness Chapter 27. Fal ing Down Chapter 28. Enslaved

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