{"id":8423,"date":"2014-05-12T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T15:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/courageous-comrades\/"},"modified":"2024-10-10T08:29:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T15:29:59","slug":"courageous-comrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/courageous-comrades\/","title":{"rendered":"Courageous Comrades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n                                \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/story-1711_4x-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/story-1711_4x-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/story-1711_4x-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Courageous Comrades\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie directs <em>Unbroken<\/em>, the life story of war hero and USC Dornsife alumnus Louis Zamperini. The film will be in theatres on Dec. 25, 2014. Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures.\n\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n          <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\/?category=alumni\">Alumni<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/nav>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>Courageous Comrades<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"subtitle\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Former Olympic athlete and World War II prisoner of war survivor Louis Zamperini \u201940 finds a kindred spirit in Angelina Jolie, who is making a film about his life based on the book, <em>Unbroken<\/em>.\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n           <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span><a href=\"mailto:communication@dornsife.usc.edu\">Laura Paisley<\/a><\/strong>\n    \n          <span class=\"post-date-field\">May 12, 2014<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--social-share \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--social-share\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n    <span class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" style=\"line-height: 32px;\">\n      <span class=\"title\">\n        Share\n      <\/span>\n                        <a class=\"a2a_button_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Link\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_copy_link\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" width=\"19\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m7.43475275 9.52380952-2.17490843 2.26076008c-1.08745421 1.058837-1.68841575 2.518315-1.68841575 4.0350275 0 1.5167124.60096154 2.9475732 1.68841575 4.0350274 1.058837 1.0874543 2.51831502 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Zamperini just turned 97. This gets him reflecting on how to live a long life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople always talk about diet,\u201d Zamperini says. \u201cBut it\u2019s not diet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His disarming blue eyes twinkle. For a man who has weathered so much and is still here to tell the tale, you\u2019re inclined to lean in when he offers his wisdom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe secret of longevity is attitude,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>He quotes the apostle Paul in Philippians 4:12-13: \u201cI have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well-fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zamperini has been in some extraordinary situations himself \u2014 enough to capture the attention of actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie, who is directing a movie about his life.<\/p>\n<p>Now sitting in the sunroom of his Hollywood Hills home, he looks out over a sea of palm trees, their fronds shimmering in the sunlight. The city of Los Angeles unfurls toward the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>Adorning a foyer wall is a large black-and-white photograph of silent film star Theda Bara, the first occupant of the house built in 1920. The rooms are replete with photographs, medals, trophies and other memorabilia from his USC days as a sprinter and his time in the U.S. Air Force during World War II.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/migration-uploads\/Zamperini2-1711.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a USC hat holds up a framed black and white track and field photo.\" width=\"350\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside his Los Angeles home, Louis Zamperini displays his many photographs, medals, trophies and other memorabilia from his <span class=\"caps\">USC<\/span> days as a student and sprinter, and his service days in the U.S. Air Force. Photo by Matt Meindl.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Born in Olean, N.Y., to Italian immigrants, Zamperini and his family soon moved to Torrance, Calif. He started out as a bit of a troublemaker, getting into fights and hopping trains to Mexico. Eventually he discovered a better outlet for his energies: running. He joined the Torrance High School track team and excelled.<\/p>\n<p>In 1936, he was admitted to USC Dornsife as a physical education major on an athletic scholarship. He immediately began training for the Summer Olympics in Berlin, where he placed eighth in the 5,000-meter run. After the race, he was singled out by Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n<p>As light bulbs flashed, Hitler\u2019s top propagandist invited the young athlete to shake hands with the Nazi leader. \u201cAha! The boy with the fast finish!\u201d Hitler told Zamperini through an interpreter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t until years later that I looked back and realized I\u2019d shaken hands with the worst tyrant the world has ever known,\u201d Zamperini reflects.<\/p>\n<p>When World War II broke out in 1939, Zamperini\u2019s Olympic dreams were set aside.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/migration-uploads\/Zamperini3-1711.jpg\" alt=\"A black and white photo of a man in athletic wear preparing to start a race with a vintage multi-engine propeller airplane in the background.\" width=\"225\" height=\"350\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Though he didn\u2019t medal in 1936, Zamperini was favored to win in the 1940 Olympic Games. But World War II intervened, and instead of training on the track he trained as an Air Force bombardier, seen here.\u00a0Photo courtesy of USC University Archive.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While serving as an Air Force bombardier, his plane went down in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. He and two other survivors spent the next 47 days adrift on a lifeboat, subsisting on tiny fish, sharks, birds and rainwater. They were eventually found \u2014 but by the Japanese. Zamperini spent the next two years in prisoner-of-war camps enduring physical abuse and near-starvation.<\/p>\n<p>After the U.S. government reported to his family that he was dead, Zamperini returned from the war very much alive. His service earned him three Purple Hearts, a Distinguished Flying Cross and a Prisoner of War Medal.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, Laura Hillenbrand spun Zamperini\u2019s story into the best-selling book <em>Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s called <em>Unbroken<\/em> because I\u2019m a stubborn Trojan,\u201d explains Zamperini, recently named grand marshal for the 2015 Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif. \u201cThey\u2019d have to kill me before I\u2019d give in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jolie told Zamperini she read the book twice without stopping before deciding to make the movie for Universal. She then invited Zamperini and his family to meet her and life partner Brad Pitt in person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first thing she did was hug me,\u201d Zamperini recalls. \u201cThen she\u2019d say something else and hug me again. I kept looking at Brad, but he never said a word. When it was time to leave, she gave me another big hug.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI finally told my son, \u2018Go stand in front of Brad,\u2019 \u201d he jokes.<\/p>\n<p>In the Hollywood Hills, Jolie, Pitt and Zamperini are practically neighbors. Sometimes Jolie climbs up on her roof to wave at Zamperini, and she flies an American flag in his honor daily. They often visit each other at their respective homes, and last year, when Zamperini turned 96, Jolie and Pitt threw him a birthday party.<\/p>\n<p>Zamperini\u2019s daughter, Cynthia Garris, said her father was hired as a consultant for the film, participating in many meetings with Jolie and the writers. The film\u2019s scope includes everything from Zamperini\u2019s childhood to his return from the war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father\u2019s gift for detail and memory is phenomenal,\u201d Garris says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Unbroken - Olympics Preview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M48tvsfpIew?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>For the film crew, the extensive ocean and wartime aviation scenes has made for difficult shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnytime it gets tough, we think of the real men who lived through this, and no one complains,\u201d Jolie told <em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Zamperini and Jolie\u2019s friendship deepened after he heard the news about her 2013 double mastectomy. This was an elective procedure based on Jolie\u2019s genetic predisposition for breast cancer.<\/p>\n<p>As a gesture of support and recognition of her courage, the war hero presented Jolie with one of his Purple Hearts.<\/p>\n<p>It moved her to tears.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.usc.edu\/64871\/louis-zamperini-world-war-ii-hero-and-longtime-trojan-97\/\">In Memoriam: Louis Zamperini<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/usc-dornsife-magazine-spring-summer-2014\/\"><em>Read more stories from the Spring-Summer 2014 issue of<\/em> USC Dornsife Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n                        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--image-gallery \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--image-gallery\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n    \n      <div id=\"gallery-1236006093\" class=\"gallery-container\">\n\n      <div class=\"swiper images\">\n        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