Louis Zamperini

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Louis Zamperini was an American Olympic runner and World War II bombardier who survived a plane crash, weeks adrift at sea, and brutal captivity as a Japanese POW, later becoming known for his resilience and message of forgiveness.

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Louis Zamperini canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II veteran
athlete
human
motivational speaker
prisoner of war
causeOfDeath pneumonia
coAuthor David Rensin NERFINISHED
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1917-01-26
dateOfDeath 2014-07-02
educatedAt University of Southern California
ethnicOrigin Italian American NERFINISHED
event 5000 metres
long-distance running
middle-distance running
familyName Zamperini NERFINISHED
fullName Louis Silvie Zamperini NERFINISHED
givenName Louis NERFINISHED
hasHonor Distinguished Flying Cross NERFINISHED
Presidential Medal of Freedom NERFINISHED
Prisoner of War Medal NERFINISHED
Purple Heart NERFINISHED
knownFor enduring Japanese prisoner-of-war camps
message of forgiveness and faith
survival at sea during World War II
memberOfSportsTeam USC Trojans men's track and field NERFINISHED
militaryBranch United States Army Air Forces
militaryRank lieutenant
notableEvent captured by Japanese forces in World War II
drifted at sea for about 47 days after plane crash
held as prisoner of war in Japanese camps
subjected to severe abuse by Japanese guard Mutsuhiro Watanabe
survived crash of B-24 bomber Green Hornet in 1943
notableWork Devil at My Heels NERFINISHED
occupation bombardier
placeOfBirth Olean, New York, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED
portrayedBy Jack O'Connell NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
representedAt 1936 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED
representedCountry United States of America NERFINISHED
residence Torrance, California, United States NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
sport athletics
subjectOf Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption NERFINISHED
film Unbroken (2014)

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Louis Zamperini
Description of subject: Louis Zamperini was an American Olympic runner and World War II bombardier who survived a plane crash, weeks adrift at sea, and brutal captivity as a Japanese POW, later becoming known for his resilience and message of forgiveness.

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Unbroken mainCharacter Louis Zamperini
Unbroken subject Louis Zamperini