In the 1930s Louis Zamperini was a promising Olympic track athlete. But
when World War II broke out, he enlisted and served as a bombardier with
the U.S. Army Air Corps. In 1943 Zamperini miraculously survived when
his bomber crashed in the Pacific Ocean. But that was just the beginning
of his ordeal. After surviving for more than six weeks on a raft at sea,
he was captured by Japanese forces and sent to a POW camp. For the next
two years Zamperini endured brutal treatment at the hands of the
Japanese officer who chose to make an example of him. But no matter how
horrible things things became, Zamp refused to be broken. Learn all
about Louis Zamperini and his unbreakable spirit as a prisoner of war in
World War II.