National Archives Meets Hollywood
Press Release · Thursday, November 1, 1945
Washington, DC
January 2015
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Missing Air Crew Report #16163, detailing the disappearance of Louis Zamperini's B-24 plane The Green Hornet Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, National Archives.
Zamperini's November 1, 1945 affidavit implicating Sgt. Mutsuhiro "The Bird" Watanabe of war criminality. Records of Allied Operational and Occupation Headquarters, World War II, National Archives.
“Louis Zamperini: The Story of a True American Hero” (Blog post from: The Unwritten Record: Exploring History with the National Archives' Special Media Division)
Letter from FDR to the Zamperini Family after Louis was mistakenly declared deceased, May 28, 1944. National Archives at St. Louis
Certificate awarding the Purple Heart medal to Louis Silvie Zamperini after he was mistakenly declared deceased, October 12, 1944. National Archives at St. Louis
Lt. Louis Zamperini, bombardier, examining the damage a Japanese cannon shell did to his Liberator over Nauru. The plane still managed to fly back, 1943. National Archives (342-FH-3A42817)
Lt. Louis Zamperini, bombardier on Lt. Russell A. Phillips’ plane, examining a shell hole in the side of the fuselage, 1943. National Archives (342-FH-3A42815)
Capt. Louis Zamperini (left) makes broadcast to the United States after spending 28 months in a Japanese Prison Camp. National Archives (111-SC-215498)Lt. Louis Zamperini, bombardier on Lt. Russell A. Phillips’ plane, examining a shell hole in the side of the fuselage, 1943. National Archives (342-FH-3A42815)The Imitation Game
Alan Turing's Treatise on the Enigma (48MB)
Records of the National Security Agency/Central Security Service, 1917 - 1998
Alan Turing, Enigma, and the German Machine Ciphers in World War II (Prologue magazine article)
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