In honor of Memorial Day weekend, a time for recognizing and remembering those who have sacrificed their lives for our liberties, I thought I would re-post my review of the must-read story of Louis Zamperini, Unbroken.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand
“Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man’s soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it. The loss of it can carry a man off as surely as thirst, hunger, exposure, and asphyxiation, and with greater cruelty.”
Laura Hillenbrand (author of Seabiscuit
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Lord willing one of these days I get around to reading this book!
Oh, I hope you do – it’s amazing. Did you see the movie Unbroken? Cuz the book was better; just sayin’. 😉