In a recently aired interview, I think by Tom Brokaw, Zamperini was asked how long it took for him to be able to forgive his prison tormenters. Louis liked up with his guileless bright blue eyes and said it was instantaneous—the moment he gave his heart to Jesus Christ at the Billy Graham rally.
Louis lived the next seventy years based on that commitment to Christ. It’s a shame the movie shortchanged that part of the story.
I hope you will read the book. You won’t regret it.
You must forgive others in order to be forgiven your own sins.
The harder part is forgetting.