Kwajalein
What happened to the marines named on the wall?
Executed, killed, etc
Japanese military had a system of oppression, who was at the bottom?
Prison guards
Captain Harris had what special ability?
Photographic memory
What did Louie and Kawamura have in common on Kwajalein?
Christianity, Religion, etc.
What did the POWs try to hold onto?
Dignity
What did the Americans fear about Kwajalein
That they would be killed
What was the importance of a photographic memory in the camp?
The person could copy maps and newspapers.
Louie did what at the end of his time at the camp in Tokyo?
Cleaned up the pig sty.
What did the B29s drop at the liberation camps besides food?
Leaflets describing the end of the war and when food and help would arrive.
What helped instill hope in the POW camps?
The information coming from Harris showing that the Americans were closing in.
Why wasn't Louie killed on Kwajalein?
What were the Japanese ordered to do if camps were to be liberated?
Execute all prisoners
The Bird probably had what?
Mental illness
What did the Enola Gay and the Bockscar drop on Japan?
What did Louise Zamperini always believe?
That her son was alive.
Louie was beaten and mistreated by which group of Japanese soldiers?
A submarine crew
When Louie and two other officers built an escape plan, why did they not go through with it?
All other POWs in the camp would be killed.
What happens to the bird at Omori?
He leaves due to a promotion.
What was different about the B29s from their predecessors?
They could make it to Japan and back without refueling.
What did The Bird do to eliminate hope in the camp? Specifically, with communication...
He intercepted and burned the POWs' letters.
What did the Japanese want to know about Louie's plane, more specifically, one particular part of it?
The bomb sight
What was special about Sueharu Kitamura, or the quack?
He was a doctor.
What did the Scots do in the POW camp?
Steal sugar in their socks to help the other prisoners.
What does B Niju Ku mean?
B29
What did the POWs initially hope for in the camps?
That they would be treated in accordance with the rules of the Geneva Convention.