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1 UNBROKEN BY LAURA HILLENBRAND Heather Holden

2 HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=YML_LEB6SL8

3 LOUIE ZAMPERINI’S CHILDHOOD… NOT A LEADER  Born in 1917  A Childhood Troublemaker  Smoked  Drank  Bullied others  Stole “Confident that he was clever, resourceful, and bold enough to escape any predicament, he was almost incapable of discouragement.” (Or a bad leader to a bad place)

4 LOUIE IN HIGH SCHOOL… LEADERSHIP QUALITIES EMERGE  Coached by Pete  Undefeated  Set a world interscholastic mile (4:21.2)  Tried out for the Olympics  Youngest American qualifier ever (19 yrs, 178 days)

5 LOUIE &THE OLYMPICS  1936 games  Louie ran the 5000-meter race (12.5 laps)  The winner ran his final lap in 69.2 seconds, Louie ran it in 56  Finished 8 th  Louie met Hitler! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOcir-oVZe8

6 LOUIE & COLLEGE  Attended University of Southern California  Forbidden to run hills. = Run the hills.  Ran the fastest NCAA mile in history at that time: 4:08.3  1940 Olympics Canceled  Louie loses heart

7 LOUIE & THE WAR  Bombardier of a B-24; Funafuti in 1941  Max Preparation  Added metal slabs to the bottom of the plane  Took classes on survival, wound care, and fending off sharks  Pulling Pranks  Tugging chains  Gum

8 LOUIE & OCEAN SURVIVAL… A RELATIONAL LEADER  The Crash of the Green Hornet…47 days adrift  Divides Supplies  Louie keeps their minds sharp  Louie ‘hunts’  Louie collects water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w7qdTykPYI

9 LOUIE & THE JAPANESE  Ofuna  Racing the Japanese Civilian  Omori  “Each time the Bird lunched for him, Louie found his hands drawing into fists. As each punch struck him, he imagined himself strangling the Bird. The Bird demanded that Louie look him in the face; Louie wouldn’t do it. The Bird tried to knock Louie down; Louie wobbled but wouldn’t fall…Other prisoners told Louie to show deference or the Bird would never stop. Louie couldn’t do it. When he raised his eyes, all that shone in them was hate.”  Naoetsu  Stealing Rice

10 LOUIE & CIVILIAN LIFE  Struggles to rehabilitate  Nightmares of captors  Marriage becomes stressful  Alcoholism

11 LOUIE & BECOMING A TRUE LEADER  Converts to Christianity  Nonprofit Victory Boys Camp  Transformational Leader  Traveled to Share his tory  Explanatory, Charismatic Leader A Good Leader to a Good Place


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