Louis Zamperini, a former Olympian who spent weeks lost at sea and years as a prisoner of war, has died at age 97. A U.S. track star at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Zamperini became a bombardier in WWII and survived 47 days adrift in a lifeboat after crashing his plane in the Pacific. He eventually washed up on a Japanese island and spent the next two years as a prisoner of war. His incredible ... Read more
