Unbroken -

Zamperini and two fellow crewmen survived 47 days adrift on a life raft, battling sharks, starvation, and strafing from enemy aircraft.

The narrative follows the life of Zamperini , whose journey is often broken into four distinct phases: Unbroken

Post-war, Zamperini struggled with PTSD and alcoholism before a religious conversion led him to forgive his former captors, eventually returning to Japan to meet some of them. Zamperini and two fellow crewmen survived 47 days

While the Zamperini story is the most prominent, other works also share the title: Army Air Forces

During WWII, he served as a bombardier in the U.S. Army Air Forces. In 1943, his B-24 bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean during a rescue mission.

A rebellious youth in California, Zamperini channeled his energy into track, eventually competing as a long-distance runner in the 1936 Berlin Olympics .