World War II

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    Louie goes to Olympics (Unbroken)

    Louie qualified for the Olympics in Berlin, Germany
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    World War II

  • Louie Enlists In Air Force (Unbroken)

    Louie enlisted to become part of the Air Force
  • Attack On Pearl Harbor

    Attack On Pearl Harbor
    Japanesse bombers attacked the naval base at Pearl Harbor, HI
  • Executive Order 9066

    Executive Order 9066
    Giving the US government permission to move Japanese into internment camps
  • Doolittle Raid

    Doolittle Raid
    Air raid by America on Tokyo and other places on the island of Honshu
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    Battle of Midway

    Naval battle between US and Japan
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    Louie Lost At Sea (Unbroken)

    Louie's plane (Green Hornet) crashes into the ocean forcing Louie and two other to drift at sea for 47 days
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    Louie Is A POW (Unbroken)

    Louie is a POW in Japan for about 2 years
  • Louie's Plan To Escape (Unbroken)

    Louie planned to escape with two other POWs
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    Battle of Leyte Gulf

    US invades the Philippines
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    Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle between US and Japan on the island of Iwo Jima
  • Bombing of Tokyo

    A bombing by the US on the Japanese city of Tokyo
  • Bombing at Naoetsu POW camp (Unbroken)

    This bombing was not significant to the war, but their was a bombing at the Naoetsu POW camp that Louie was located at
  • Bombing in Japan (Unbroken)

    On this night, Japan unleashed its "biggest air raid, by tonnage, of World War II" (302)
  • Bombing of Hiroshima

    Bombing of Hiroshima
    A bombing on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the Allias
  • Japan Announces Surrender

    Japan announced their surrender to America
  • Release of POWs (Unbroken)

    Louie and all other POWs in Naoetsu were released
  • Phil released (Unbroken)

    Phil and all other POWs at Rokurosho were released
  • Ghost Ship arrives at Naoetsu (Unbroken)

    Ghost Ship was a B-29 that delivered supplies to Naoetsu
  • VJ Day

    VJ Day
    Japan officially surrendered and WWII was over
  • Louie leaves Naoetsu (Unbroken)

    Louie packs up his belongings and leaves Naoetsu