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9. The order of publication

caused me to re-read all the previous books when Whirlwind came out, and again before I read Gai-Jin.

And I thought it was over after the hurricane... never say never!

I never read Unbroken, but I did see the movie produced by Angelina Jolie and written by the Coen brothers. That was an excellent film! There's a sequel to it also, but I haven't seen that yet. It's the true story of olympian Louis Zamperini, very horrifying and also very inspiring.

He went on to found a camp for troubled youth called Victory Boys Camp and forgave his Japanese tormenters. Some received Zamperini’s forgiveness in person in 1950, when he visited a Tokyo prison where they were serving war-crime sentences. In 1998, Zamperini returned to Japan once again to carry the torch at the Nagano Winter Games. He stated his intention to forgive the Bird, Mutsuhiro Watanabe, but Watanabe refused to meet with him.

https://www.biography.com/military-figures/louis-zamperini

I just added Hillenbrand's book to my library queue. I noticed that she also wrote a Young Adult version that is available. I guess that's because the details of his captivity are too gory and inappropriate for kids.
I like that she wrote a version to inspire the younger generation.