Zamperini, Louis Silvie, CPT

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Captain

Last Service Branch
Aviation

Last Primary MOS
AAF 1036-Bombardier

Last MOS Group
Aviation

Primary Unit
1945-1946, AAF 1036, US Army Air Force (USAAF)

Service Years
1941 - 1946

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

New York

Year of Birth
1917

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Contact Info

Home Town Olean	Last Address Hollywood, California
Date of Passing Jul 02, 2014
Location of Interment *Cremated - Local, New York

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	Images posted by SC Sierra, Edwin (David), SFC 214
	Death posted by SC Sierra, Edwin (David), SFC 214
	Louis Zamperini, triumphant 'Unbroken' w... posted by SC Sierra, Edwin (David), SFC 214
	Great man posted by MD McJimsey, Gary, SP 6 168

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Zamperini, Louis - P...	Unbroken by Hillenbr...	Devil At My Heels, b...	Zamperini Holding Hi...

1942-1943, AAF 1036, 372nd Bombardment Squadron, Heavy

From Month/Year November / 1942	To Month/Year May / 1943
Unit 372nd Bombardment Squadron, Heavy Unit Page
Rank First Lieutenant	MOS AAF 1036-Bombardier
Base, Fort or City Oahu's Hickam Field & Kahuku Field	State/Country Hawaii

Patch	372nd Bombardment Squadron, Heavy Details

	Type Light Infantry
	Parent Unit Pacific Theater	Strength Command
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Jul 26, 2014

Memories For This Unit
Best Friends Russell Allen Phillips, Pilot and Louis promoted to 1Lt shortly after arriving in Hawaii.	Best Moment Christmas 1942 Bombing of Wake Island - First American bombing of Wake during the Pacific Theatre of WWII. 26 B-24 planes made the raid and all returned with no casualties or injuries among all the crew members.

Chain of Command Departed Hamilton Field, CA on November 2, 1942. First assigned to Hickman Field, Oahu but immediately sent to Kahuku Base, a north shore base.	Other Memories Book, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand pages 66. Page 112, Phillips crew was transferred to the 42nd Bombardment Squadron 11th Bombardment Group on May 24, 1943.

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