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Olympian Louis Zamperini dies at 97

An Olympic distance runner and World War II veteran who survived 47 days on a raft in the Pacific after his bomber crashed, then endured two years in Japanese prison camps, has died. Louis Zamperini was 97.

  • Jul 3, 2014
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