The film centers on several key pillars of his post-war life:

Finding Peace After War: A Look at "Unbroken: Path to Redemption" (2018)

Picking up right where the first film ended, the sequel follows Olympic athlete and WWII hero Louis Zamperini () as he returns to California. Though he is celebrated as a hero, Louis is secretly drowning. Haunted by vivid nightmares of his torturer, "The Bird," he turns to alcohol to cope with what we now recognize as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

: Louis meets and quickly marries Cynthia Applewhite ( Merritt Patterson ), but his deepening alcoholism and night terrors soon push their marriage to the brink of collapse.