He spent time, you know, some years in Japanese prisoner of war camps in Indonesia where he was starved, and that began a kind of lifelong obsession with food, nutrition, survival and so on. (scientificamerican.com)
The men's titles from 1943 - 45 were won by 6» 5 Yvon Petra, freshly released from a German prisoner of war camp where he had been held after being captured in battle while fighting in the French Army (Petra went on to win Wimbledon in 1946, becoming the last champ to take Centre Court in long trousers). (sbnation.com)
Director Angelina Jolie's Unbroken is based on Laura Hillenbrand's 2010 non-fiction account of US Olympic athlete Louie Zamperini's harrowing experience in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II. (wsws.org)