Its completion by december of 1943. But allied bombings on ports in burma had exposed japanese ships and cargo to attack. There was one solution. The railway would have to be finished sooner. The japanese ushered in a time period called speedo in october 1943. And thats when the death toll on the railway accelerated. Speedo which meant out came the whip in a big way. Everything had to be done double speed. Move three meters of rock in one day. From now on its six meters. The pace became horrific. Guards using whips and bamboo rods on the men, beating them sometimes so they dropped on the tracks and couldnt go on. To keep up the pace, more slave labor would be needed. 900 dutch were added to speed up things. The son of a schoolteacher, 19yearold dick van zone was born in holland but raised in indonesia. Taken prisoner in march of 42, he arrived in february of 43. During the speedo period, the men slaved sometimes up to 20 hours a day in sweltering heat with very little food. The food wa
Thank you. Thats very nice of you. You have such great taste. You see, im having the same problem as the new president. Im gonna hit until i start to do something. You sounds great tonight and im thankful for that because last night, and i hate, ive mentioned this before, i hate to discuss audiences who were here the previous night. [ laughter ] yes, they are gone. They were rough, i dont want to use the term low lives, but, thats what they were. They drove in from arkansas and they were suffering from pick up lag. [ laughter ] i thought you were in las vegas . I am. Right at this moment. Right now, im in las vegas. Thats right. You are commuting back and forth arent you . Right. At the hilton international. You are going to be up there for how long . Two weeks. That man could sing a song, who boy. Hes a great singer. And doc does a great act also. So if happen to be in that area, drop in and see him. I thought you were going to be out all this week, tom . Easy come, easy go. [ laughte
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Going to win here in california. Maria shakeup at the tsa to tell you about the long lines, one top official his job. Outrage over comments from head of the va, he compared wait times at hospitals for veterans to long lines at disneyland. Thats creating some conversation this morning. Facebook making changes to trending topic section, what the company is doing to combat allegations of bias, toyota expanding its recall over, takta air bags. Take a look at the numbers. Hang sang index the only winner. In europe this morning stocks are turning higher, we do have money moving to equities. Cac quarante up one and a third percent. Euro finance ministers talking today about greece bailout. As you can see, the Dow Jones Industrial off 50 points, nasdaq also in positive territory. We will get a reading on new home sales, all the stories coming up in the program this morning and here with me fox business dagen mcdowell, Jessica Schwendeman and proactive communication president mark serrano. Happ
I believe you. laughter applause tonight, stephen welcomes jude law. Norman reedus. And a musical performance by. Hundred waters with skrillex featuring chance the rapper. Featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now its time for the late show with Stephen Colbert cheers and applause captioning sponsored by cbs stephen hey hey, welcome to the late show. Hey, everybody hey, everybody down here. Whats going on, brother man. Good to see you. Hey, everybody up there thank you very much. Im Stephen Colbert. I dont know if you guys are watching the news. The election continues to grind on. Its a juggernaut that doesnt stop. Last night, every major news outlet declared that Hillary Clinton had clinched the deement nomination cheers making her the first woman in u. S. History to become a major Party Candidate for president. cheers and applause yeah. It sends a powerful message to all women that if you just work hard, someday you, too, can be villified as an unlikable, machiavellian crone. lau