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Unbroken (Chapters 19-22)

  • Louie and Phil attacked on Kwajelin

    Louie and Phil are beaten for telling guards that they believed the Allies will win. The guards broke bones and severely beat them. The instigators were beaten after that as punishment for the unnecessary violence.
  • Ofuna arrival

    Louie and Phil were delivered to Ofuna, a torture facility where they were classified as "unarmed combatants against the state" not as POW's granting the Japanese to do whatever they wanted to them.
  • Louie falls ill

    The rations at Ofuna were very small and as Louie was in the worst shape with the least amount of food and the least amount of clothes he fell ill. The POWs started stealing more food for him an Phil.
  • Captives were alotted to speak

    The Captives were previously not allowed to speak. The new rule allowed veteran soldiers to speak to each other when outside and under supervision of guards.
  • The Escape Plan

    Louie and other Soldiers plan to escape and sail to a friendly piece of China and get home
  • Gaga Killed

    The Camp's Duck being violated and killed ruined the men's moral. Louie said that he would never forget what happened to that duck and said that it was a great horror to see.
  • Louie leaves Ofuna

    Louie is moved to a POW camp where the treatment is assurmingly better than what happens at the Ofuna camp