Chapter 26: Madness
1 Radio Tokyo men return: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
2 Text of new message: From papers of Louis Zamperini.
3 Reason Louie spared from execution: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; Louis Zamperini, notes from 1950 meeting with Kwajalein officer; Louis Zamperini, interview by George Hodak, Hollywood, Calif., June 1988, AAFLA.
4 Producers encourage Louie: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview; “42nd Bombardment Squadron: Addendum to Squadron History,” September 11, 1945, AFHRA, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
5 “Okay”: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
6 November 24, 1944, raid: Martindale, p. 177; Johan Arthur Johansen, email interview, March 26, 2005; Johan Arthur Johansen, Krigsseileren, issue 4, 1990, translated from Norwegian by Nina B. Smith; Tom Wade, telephone interview, January 2, 2005; “Tokyo in Flames After Crippling Superfort Blow,” Ogden Standard Examiner, November 25, 1944; Kerr, Flames, pp. 97–101.
7 “It was a cold”: Johan Arthur Johansen, email interview, March 26, 2005.
8 Hatto sees parachuting man: Yuichi Hatto, written interview, August 28, 2004.
9 Sirens: Norquist, pp. 288, 291.
10 November 27 and 29–30 bombings: Ibid., p. 291.
11 Louie watches air battle: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
12 “Hikoki dame”: Ibid.
13 “You win war”: Bush, p. 207.
14 The Bird beats Martindale: Martindale, pp. 180–81.
15 The Bird leaves, then returns for fire drill: Ibid., pp. 152–53; Wade, pp. 140–41.
16 The Bird herds officers into Tokyo: Martindale, pp. 144–45; Wade, p. 141; Affidavit, Francis Harry Frankcom, from files on Mutsuhiro Watanabe (Sgt.), vol. 1, 1945–1952, POW 201 File 1945–1947, SCAP, Legal Section, Administrative Division, RAOOH, RG 331, NACP.
17 The Bird makes men stand at attention: Johan Arthur Johansen, Krigsseileren, issue 4, 1990, translated from Norwegian by Nina B. Smith.
18 “death lunge”: Frank Tinker, telephone interview, February 20, 2005.
19 Louie’s nightmares about the Bird: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
20 Zentsuji: Don Wall, Singapore and Beyond: The Story of the Men of the 2/20 Battalion, Told by the Survivors (Cowra, Australia: James N. Keady, 1985), pp. 307–09; Affidavit, Major Melvin Miller, from files of “The Mad Quack” (1st Lt.), POW 201 File 1945–1947, SCAP, Legal Section, Administrative Division, RAOOH, RG 331, NACP.
21 Phillipses hear of broadcast: “Lt. Allan Phillips May Be Prisoner in Tokyo,” undated article from Phillips scrapbook, NPN.
22 Major from the adjutant general’s office calls: “Lt. Allen Phillips Alive as Prisoner of the Japs; Missing Year and a Half,” undated article from Phillips scrapbook, NPN.
23 Cecy races home: Terry Hoffman, telephone interview, March 6, 2007.
24 “Words really cannot”: Reverend Russell Phillips, letter to Martha Heustis, January 5, 1945.
25 Phillipses asked to keep news secret: Kelsey Phillips, letter to Louise Zamperini, December 15, 1944.
26 Kelsey sad for other mothers: Ibid.
27 “Even though we”: Sadie Glassman, letter to Zamperinis, November 18, 1944.
28 “It is difficult”: Kelsey Phillips, letter to Louise Zamperini, December 15, 1944.
29 Red Cross packages delivered: Norquist, pp. 282, 290.
30 Official admits to giving packages to Japanese: Martindale, p. 134.
31 “We could see them throwing away”: Wade, p. 138.
32 The Bird steals forty-eight packages: Wade, p. 138; Affidavits, Francis Harry Frankcom and Fort Hammond Callahan, from files on Mutsuhiro Watanabe (Sgt.), vol. 1, 1945–1952, POW 201 File 1945–1947, SCAP, Legal Section, Administrative Division, RAOOH, RG 331, NACP.
33 Apples and oranges distributed, taken back: Martindale, p. 187.
34 Louie gets Red Cross package: Louis Zamperini, POW diary.
35 Mansfield: Martindale, pp. 122–23; Norquist, pp. 287–88; Wade, pp. 137–38; Robert Martindale, telephone interview, January 2, 2005.
36 Cinderella: Martindale, pp. 189–92; Wade, pp. 143–44; Johan Arthur Johansen, Krigsseileren, issue 4, 1990, translated from Norwegian by Nina B. Smith; Clarke, pp. 151–54.
37 Christmas at Zentsuji: Wall, p. 308.
38 Tokugawa comes to Omori: Bush, pp. 183, 198–99; Yuichi Hatto, written interview, August 28, 2004; Report of Lieutenant Lewis Bush, from files on Mutsuhiro Watanabe (Sgt.), vol. 1, 1945–1952, POW 201 File 1945–1947, SCAP, Legal Section, Administrative Division, RAOOH, RG 331, NACP.
39 The Bird promoted: Yuichi Hatto, written interview, August 28, 2004; James, p. 280.
40 Men put feces on Bird’s rice cakes: Martindale, pp. 191–92.
41 Louie learns Bird leaving: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.