Louis Zamperini, the Olympic runner and World War II officer who survived a horrific plane crash, a seven-week journey across the Pacific in a raft, near starvation and unspeakable torture in Japanese POW camps, has died.
Thank you for your service. May you rest in well-deserved peace.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/03/showbiz/movies/obit-zamperini-unbroken/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Sad but good for him for living so long after enduring what he did. If you haven't read Unbreakable, I can't recommend it enough. Incredible story. Hope the movie does it justice.
I think you mean "Unbroken", but I agree. An incredible story.
I think you mean "Unbroken", but I agree. An incredible story.
In addition...hats off to him for inventing the fabulous "ice smoothing" machine used in hockey and skating rinks...
It's always sad to see one of the WWII survivors pass...more and more die each year...soon, there won't be any left. (time sucks)
ummm, the ice smoother was invented by Frank Zamboni. He died in 1988.
Don't be a hater Boomer. I wasn't sure if you were trying for sarcasm or not.
The answer to that should have been easy considering I ended that statement with
Concerning the movie, my knee jerk reaction is disappointment in the director being Angelina Jolie. Although the screenplay was written by the Coen brothers...couldn't they (one of them at least) directed it? Maybe Jolie will prove me wrong...I hope so. Just want the film to give Zamperini's life and Hillenbrand's book justice.
Anyway, that's cool they are going to keep him as the official Grand Marshall.