Louis Zamperini

Louis Zamperini
Era WWII
Branch U.S. Army Air Force
Rank Captain
Military Decorations Distinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Wall A
Wall Side 1
Row 8
Plaque Number 19

"Unbroken"

POW: July 13, 1943 to March 2, 1945

MEDALS-RIBBONS: Distinguished Flying Cross, Prisoner of War, Purple Heart, American Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, World War II Victory

As a B-24 Bombardier, his plane crashed in the Pacific. He survived 47 days at sea and nearly two years as a Prisoner of War.

B-24 Liberator

Plaque Wall Map

Plaque wall map