Big event of the summer. Peter eisner, couple of years ago i was given a bunch of speeches in manila and ran across the former National Post writer, peter eisner. We did traveling to the philippines. While there, i was there to speak into her computer was working on a new book about spies in manila. One of the main ones being cleaclear phillips but then he said i have his diary. So that feeds into a lot. Pete came down quite a lot over the past two years because we have all the papers of chick, one of the main characters of the story as well as the papers of john boones who is a big griller, his daughter is here with us tonight. Recently. [applause] im so glad that she came down because its my first chance to meet her and she donated the papers a long time ago. To throw for all of us to have you here. But petes work is now finished. Two years in the macon and here we are with a great piece. So, going to let him come up and tell you the story he has to tell. Without further waiting, pet
Big event of the summer. Peter eisner, couple of years ago i was given a bunch of speeches in manila and ran across the former National Post writer, peter eisner. We did traveling to the philippines. While there, i was there to speak into her computer was working on a new book about spies in manila. One of the main ones being cleaclear phillips but then he said i have his diary. So that feeds into a lot. Pete came down quite a lot over the past two years because we have all the papers of chick, one of the main characters of the story as well as the papers of john boones who is a big griller, his daughter is here with us tonight. Recently. [applause] im so glad that she came down because its my first chance to meet her and she donated the papers a long time ago. To throw for all of us to have you here. But petes work is now finished. Two years in the macon and here we are with a great piece. So, going to let him come up and tell you the story he has to tell. Without further waiting, pet
2027488000es are for those of you in the central, mountain, and eastern time zone. For mountain, 2027488001. For world war ii veterans, your special line is 2027488002. You can also send us a tweet, and we look forward to your comments on facebook as well. Joining us from new york city in the first hour of our program is ian toll, the author of pacific crucible war at sea in the pacific, 19411942, which looks at the war in the pacific in pearl harbor. Welcome to American History tv. How did pearl harbor change the course of history . In many ways, i could go on for the whole hour just entering that one question, but it is fair to say pearl harbor was the central event in the history of the 20th century, not just for our country, but for the world. It launched this country onto the global stage after a long period in which we had really country. Solationist American People were not interested in participating in the Second World War or in the affairs beyond our shores. Pearl harbor chan
This is hallowed ground, scene of one of the notorious and saddest events in the history of war. Im oliver north. This is war stories. During world war ii, this was the site of camp odonnell. It was here in the spring of 1942 that the death march came to an end. For the survivors already suffering from disease and malnutrition, their ordeal was just beginning. In the next 40 days, more than 1600 of them would die at the hands of their brutal captors. During world war ii, over 130,000 u. S. Soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and guardsmen fell into the hands of our nations enemies. 17,000 of those brave souls died in captivity. Yet even in the bleakest of circumstances, many of them managed to fight on. Tonight, the heroes who survived against overwhelming odds. Join us for prisoners of the rising sun. We had little food. We we would talk about food a lot. There was a desperation. All the prisoners are dying here. Please send us food. And 60 years later, it sends a shiver down my spine.
25 miles per hour, and we will keep an eye on that and the b. A. R. T. Situation is improving and thats coming up at 6 t10. Police say a man followed a woman into her dorm. Matt keller is live in palo alto for us this morning. Matt. Reporter this is scary. Another incident here at stanford. Students tell us for the most part they feel safe here on campus, but there are some things they can do to be extra careful. I dont run at night because of that. Its either biking or you are with someone. Its kind of hard because we are constantly getting these emails about different sexual assaults and other problems that are going on around campus, so it just makes you kind of nervous. Reporter the latest incident happened just before midnight on tuesday. A stanford student said a man followed her into her oncampus Residence Hall on the west side of the campus and in a common area he exposed himself and then took off. The man is heavy set, describes in his 30s and does not match the description of