Chapter 1: The One Boy Insurgency

Louis Zamperini was what some might call a "troubled child." He was born in Olean, New York in 1917. As a small child, he walked around aimlessly, sometimes to places his parents could not find him. He moved to Torrance, California. Louie stole everything he could get his hands on. He stole cakes, and he even stole change from a pay phone. Louie praised his brother, Pete, who helped him with anything he needed help with. Pete also helped Louie in some of his heists and pranks, like ringing the church bell in the middle of town. He started to get into fights at school, and his mother, Louise became very worried. Louie finally realized that he was behaving badly and he tried to correct all his wrongdoings by doing good things.  The trouble was that people had lost trust in him.