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Louis Zamperini is declared "...Safe After Epic Survival"...
Louis Zamperini is declared "...Safe After Epic Survival"...
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September 09, 1945
THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 9, 1945
* Louis Zamperini officially FOUND safe
* Angelina Jolie movie "Unbroken" fame
* 1936 Olympics runner - post World War II
The front page includes a 2 column, 2 line head: "Zamperini, Olympic Miler, Is Safe After Epic Survival". This was Louis Zamberini, subject of the film "Unbroken".
The report includes: "Lieut. Louis Zamperini, mile runner in the 1936 Olympics who was given up for dead when he failed to return from a search mission...is on his way home today after an incredible survival of 47 days in a raft, followed by equally incredible cruelties in Japanese prison camps...". The article carries over to take almost half of page 4 which also includes a photo of him headed: "Outraces Death" (see).
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in a thick 100+ page Sunday edition, very nice condition.
Category: The 20th Century
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