What major event led to Louis Zamperini's incarceration?
Ōfuna prisoner-of-war camp The Ōfuna Camp (大船収容所 , Ōbune shūyōsho ) was an Imperial Japanese Navy installation located in Kamakura, outside Yokohama, Japan during World War II, where high-value enlisted and officers, particularly pilots and submariner prisoners of war were interrogated and incarcerated by Japanese naval intelligence Richard O'Kane, Louis Zamperini and Gregory Boyington were among the prisoners held at Ōfuna.
Louis Dega Louis Dega (born 1890, Marseilles, France – died 1945, French Guiana) was a prisoner in the French Guiana penitentiary of Devil's Island. He was convicted of fraud and counterfeiting and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment by France, where he became a companion of Henri Charrière (also known as "Papillon") for thirteen years. The two were first sent to a prison in Caen, France, until they embarked for South America in 1932. He had a younger brother named Joseph who tried to help Charrière escape from Barranquilla prison in Colombia. Dega and Papillon had previously met before embarking to South America, and made a deal in which Dega paid Papillon for protection. The two became best friends during their sentence.