Novel on U.S. POW's life in Japan becomes bestseller

NEW YORK, Japan - The novel "UNBROKEN," based on the late U.S. Army Air Forces Lieutenant Louis Zamperini's experience as a prisoner of war in Japan during World War II, has been on the New York Times bestseller list for a long period of time.

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