Louis Zamperini
Era | WWII |
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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