Louis Zamperini

Next Week: Getting there by air Issue 45, 2016 Founded by Betty Debnam Mini Fact: Search for stories Mini Page Louis Some people Zamperini was call the men and Heroes: named the women who fought grand marshal in World War II of the 2015 the Greatest Louis Rose Parade. Generation. Many Sadly, he died of their stories of in July 2014 at courage have never Zamperini age 97. been recorded. Louis In honor of Veterans Day on Nov. 11, Stranded on the ocean in a life raft, Zamperini’s story Zamperini in uniform this week The Mini Page learns about an Zamperini, Francis McNamara and Russell was told in a book during World War II. American hero and veteran, Louis Zamperini. Allen Phillips faced incredible pain. It came called “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, How much pain can a person endure? from the sun. It came from hunger and thirst. They were terrorized from below by sharks Resilience and Redemption” by Laura Thankfully, most of us will never know the Hillenbrand. In 2014, a movie was made. answer to that question. But Louis Zamperini circling their raft and from above by the bombs and guns of Japanese airplanes. You can help fi nd and tell more knew. stories like Zamperini’s before they are When Zamperini Enemy territory lost completely. Talk to people in your was very young, he was With little water or food, the men were family and community who served in best known for getting weak, and McNamara died. Finally, after 47 World War II. Write down their stories. into trouble. But in high days at sea, Zamperini and Phillips washed Search online for the Veterans History school, he started getting ashore almost 2,000 miles from where their Project (loc.gov/vets) and The Memory attention for his running plane had crashed. Project (thememoryproject.com/stories), ability. He became one Zamperini and Phillips had landed on programs that are dedicated to preserving of Southern California’s Zamperini Trust the Louis from photos Historical the Torrance at Collection Society & Museum an island controlled by the enemy, and they the stories of our brave veterans. top athletes. Zamperini running were taken prisoner by the Japanese. Because At 19, Zamperini at the University of Zamperini was an offi cer and a famous Southern California. was the youngest athlete athlete, his captors hurt him the most. to compete in the 1936 Olympic Games. This time, his pain came from brutal Resources That year the Olympics were held in Berlin, torture at the hands of a camp offi cer known Germany, where Adolf Hitler and the Nazis as the Bird. It came from imprisonment in a This issue of Mini Page were gaining power. small isolation cell. It came from hunger. It Heroes is based on a Zamperini didn’t win a medal. He hoped came 24 hours a day for more than two years chapter from “50 American Heroes Every to do better at the 1940 Olympic Games, but — and Zamperini survived. Kid Should Meet” by Dennis Denenberg and they were canceled because of World War II. Staying strong Lorraine Roscoe. To order the book, go to Going to war How did he survive pain that for many heroes4us.com and click on “50 American Zamperini joined the U.S. Army Air Corps would be impossible to endure? By praying and Heroes Book” and “Order a Book.” having faith that he would live. And by being in 1941, shortly before the United States On the web: entered the war. He became a bombardier and determined to fi nish every race he ever ran. • bit.ly/2cIHrvi fl ew missions over the Pacifi c Ocean. During his time as a prisoner, Zamperini While on a mission to fi nd a missing pilot in was offi cially declared dead by the U.S. At the library: • “ 1943, his plane crashed. Of the 11-person crew, military. But he returned as a hero to the Louis Zamperini: Survivor and Champion” by Renee Taft Meloche only Zamperini and two others survived. country he loved after the war. The Mini Page® © 2016 Universal Uclick

Try ’n’ Find Mini Jokes Words that remind us of Louis Zamperini are hidden in this puzzle. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally, Larry: How do lions and some letters are used twice. See if you can ﬁ nd: like their meat cooked? ATHLETE, BERLIN, H Y L K Z A M P E R I N I U S Lisa: Medium-roar! BOMBARDIER, BOOK, U X K G O F I E N Z A E H N N CALIFORNIA, CRASH, N G R A W O I N I F I E S B A ENEMY, HERO, G N I L R E B D R V K I S R R Eco Note HUNGER, LOUIS, E S C I P M Y L O O R G E O E MOVIE, OLYMPICS, R E I D R A B M O B F P N K T Dolphins have been PLANE, PRISONER, SEA, Y M E N E H E R O O B I A E E recorded having what UNBROKEN, VETERAN, J E A A T H L E T E C Z L N V appears to be a conversation “just like WAR, ZAMPERINI. K H S A R C H S I U O L P A S two people.” Researchers at a nature K F H Q J P R I S O N E R E C reserve in Crimea couldn’t tell what the dolphins were saying, but they did believe them to be in polite conversation. Cook’s Corner adapted with permission from Earthweek.com Pumpernickel Squares With Vegetable Cream Cheese Thank You You’ll need: • 1/4 cup pimento- • 4 ounces light vegetable cream cheese, stuffed green olives, The Mini Page thanks softened thinly sliced Dennis Denenberg, former teacher, • 1/2 cup chopped baby spinach principal and university professor, and • 4 slices pumpernickel bread, cut into 4 Lorraine Roscoe, a champion of heroes squares each of every kind, for help with this issue.

What to do: 2016 Universal Uclick 1. Whisk together the cream cheese and spinach until blended. Teachers: 2. Spread the cream cheese mixture onto the pumpernickel squares. For standards-based activities to 3. Top with sliced olives. Serves 4. accompany this feature, visit:

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