By Michael W. Michelsen, Jr.

Louis Zamperini has lived an amazing life. He ran in the Olympics, met Adolf Hitler and spent more than two years as a POW. Now a movie about his life starring Nicolas Cage is in the works. But this feisty Italian’s greatest adventure came when God broke through his gruff exterior and changed his life forever.

Louis Zamperini is 88 years old. His doctors at the VA say they’ve never met a man quite like him. “I’ve got 110/60 [blood pressure], a 60 pulse, 185 cholesterol,” he says, grinning as he rattles off the enviable stats. “I’m told I have the vitals of a 35-year-old. And with all I’ve been through, they thought I’d be dead by 55!. There’s good reason Zamperini’s life would not have lasted that long, given its hardscrabble start ... READ MORE!

My Children, My Weapons  
By Rod Arters

No good soldier would ever dream of entering a battle without proper weaponry. Think through all the war heroes of the past: men like Napoleon, Washington and MacArthur. How many wars did they win while hiding out in their bunkers? None. Wars are won when troops go on the offense.

We all understand this truth in military terms. We even understand the analogy when we carry it over... READ MORE!