Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

by Laura Hillenbrand

“Methinks,” he wrote to his mother, “it’s a little premature.”

IN FEBRUARY 1943, DURING A BRIEF VISIT TO THE EQUATORIAL island of Canton, the Super Man crew had its first encounter with exploding sharks.

When the sharks snapped at the bait, the men would lob hand grenades into their mouths and watch them blow up.

Through a gap in his blindfold, Louie’s first glimpse of Japan was the word CHEVROLET, stamped on a hubcap. He

The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believing that their release from pain will come only when they make their tormentors suffer.