Devil at my heels

Description:

A former POW recounts his athletic southern California childhood, participation in the 1936 Olympics, imprisonment and torture by an abusive Japanese guard, descent into alcoholism, and salvation by preacher Billy Graham.

subjects: Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks,  Bomber pilots,  American Personal narratives,  Converts,  Track and field athletes,  World War, 1939-1945,  Survival,  Biography,  Japanese Prisoners and prisons,  Prisoners of war,  Veterans,  Christian biography,  Airplane crash survival

People: Louis Zamperini,  Louis Zamperini (1917-)

Places: United States