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

Map xiv

Preface xvii

Part I

1 The One-Boy Insurgency 3

2 Run Like Mad 20

3 The Torrance Tornado 30

4 Plundering Germany 44

5 Into War 60

Part II

6 The Flying Coffin 79

7 "This Is It, Boys" 201

8 "Only the Laundry Knew How Scared I Was" 121

9 Five Hundred and Ninety-four Holes 142

10 The Stinking Six 165

11 "Nobody's Going to Live Through This" 180

Part III

12 Downed 195

13 Missing at Sea 204

14 Thirst 220

15 Sharks and Bullets 240

16 Singing in the Clouds 252

17 Typhoon 267

Part IV

18 A Dead Body Breathing 281

19 Two Hundred Silent Men 298

20 Farting for Hirohito 316

21 Belief 336

22 Plots Afoot 349

23 Monster 365

24 Hunted 380

25 B-29 395

26 Madness 413

27 Falling Down 432

28 Enslaved 441

29 Two Hundred and Twenty Punches 458

30 The Boiling City 470

31 The Naked Stampede 481

32 Cascades of Pink Peaches 493

33 Mother's Day 509

Part V

34 The Shimmering Girl 531

35 Coming Undone 550

36 The Body on the Mountain 564

37 Twisted Ropes 577

38 A Beckoning Whistle 586

39 Daybreak 601

Epilogue 606

Acknowledgments 635

Notes 649

Index 731