tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367491918209452164.post8293150765295015147..comments2024-03-01T09:58:03.858-08:00Comments on READING FOR SANITY BOOK REVIEWS: Unbroken - Laura HillenbrandMindySuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10122081120154598894noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367491918209452164.post-84820893664906133112011-06-25T08:28:14.943-07:002011-06-25T08:28:14.943-07:00Finally started this and all I can say is "WO...Finally started this and all I can say is "WOW -- what took me so long?!!!"Gerbera Daisy Diarieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11605934758292568280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367491918209452164.post-80766442282555598322011-03-02T12:29:44.105-08:002011-03-02T12:29:44.105-08:00Author Laura Hillenbrand has done her best to keep...Author Laura Hillenbrand has done her best to keep at a minimum "Unbroken's" Louis Zamperini hand shake with Adolph Hitler at the 1936 Olympics. When I asked her why, when his teammate Jesse Owens was snubbed, he decided to shake Hitler’s hand, she replied, "Chris, it is a myth that Hitler snubbed Owens specifically." Not true at all. Here's what Zamperini had to say: <br /><br />"Hitler came and shook my hand after the race," Zamperini recalls. "I was one of three Americans who shook his hand. But what happened was that one of his advisors told him that once he starts shaking hands, he'll have to shake all of them. We all knew he wasn't going to shake Jesse's hand." <br /> “The Official Web Site of The United States Olympic Committee, teamusa dot org, 2009/11/12.”<br /><br />It seems Louis Zamperini was fascinated by the Nazi's, here is another incident: <br /><br />True to form and before departing for home, the troublemaker turned champion runner stole a Nazi flag off the Reich's Chancellery. Caught by the Gestapo, Zamperini convincingly talked his way out of the predicament and proudly brought the flag home. <br /> “sports humanitarian dot com, 2008.”<br /><br />And after all these years, over half a century, this is what the man thinks of Hitler: <br /><br />Zamperini shook the Nazi leader's hand and thought the man odd. "Like a dangerous comedian," he said. <br />"Veterans Journal," Winter, 2006, Franklin County Veterans Service Commission, Columbus, Ohio. <br /><br />Really? A comedian? That's a first in describing Hitler. Both Laura Hillenbrand and Louis Zamperini need to come clean about the Nazi question in the paperback version of "Unbroken" because now it is broken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367491918209452164.post-4674050102827553872011-02-28T13:30:13.116-08:002011-02-28T13:30:13.116-08:00My husband has been picking up every WWII book wor...My husband has been picking up every WWII book work reading - and this was one of them. He really liked it. Also enjoyed "With the Old Breed" by E. B. Sledge.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18376900485943943039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367491918209452164.post-47057039836456019962011-02-11T17:30:23.768-08:002011-02-11T17:30:23.768-08:00Got this for christmas...need to really make some ...Got this for christmas...need to really make some time to read it.Gerbera Daisy Diarieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11605934758292568280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367491918209452164.post-54003730473144585172011-02-11T10:44:20.286-08:002011-02-11T10:44:20.286-08:00I have this in my kindle waiting for me to get som...I have this in my kindle waiting for me to get some time to start it. Looks like it might move up in the ranks after your reviewMomma Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09273788279026700335noreply@blogger.com