Across
- 2. U.S. Army aircraft Louis served in
- 6. Nickname of the B-24 bomber Louis flew on his final mission.
- 7. Tokyo prison camp where Louis was first held
- 8. Model of bomber Louis flew on missions
- 9. International sporting event Louis competed in during 1936
- 11. Host city of the 1936 Olympic Games
- 16. Ocean predators constantly circling the raft
- 17. Enemy aircraft attack that shot at the raft survivors
- 18. Louis’s last name
- 22. The condition of being held prisoner by the enemy
- 25. Total days Louis drifted at sea before capture
- 26. Quality that allowed Louis to endure extreme suffering
- 28. Brutal prison guard nicknamed “The Bird”
- 30. Fellow airman who survived on the raft with Louis
- 31. Fellow survivor who drifted with Louis and Phil
- 32. Type of weapon used by attacking Japanese planes
- 33. Louis’s identity before becoming a soldier
- 35. Louis’s ethnicity
- 37. Louis’s older brother who trained him to run
- 39. The military branch Louis served in
- 40. Central theme of Louis’s survival story
Down
- 1. What Louis constantly struggled to maintain in captivity
- 3. Emotion prisoners felt when hearing Allied bombers overhead
- 4. Weather threat the raft survivors endured repeatedly
- 5. Northern prison camp where Louis was later transferred
- 10. Daily work prisoners were forced to perform
- 12. The war’s conclusion finally brought this to prisoners
- 13. The military branch that Pete served in
- 14. Emotion Louis tried to resist while imprisoned
- 15. Inflatable survival boat used after the plane crash
- 19. The race distance Louis specialized in during high school
- 20. Severe lack of food suffered by POWs
- 21. Ocean where Louis drifted after the crash
- 23. Symbolic goal Louis dreamed of during imprisonment
- 24. Illness caused by prolonged malnutrition
- 27. Country that captured Louis after he was rescued at sea
- 29. Continent where the 1936 Olympics were held
- 34. The war that formed the historical setting of the book
- 36. Capital of Japan
- 38. California city where Louis grew up
