that is kind of what happened in santo tomas.apanese new that when the -- knew when the americans landed on the ninth of january, and they did not reach manila until february 3. so you had almost a month where if they wanted to execute the americans, they had ample time to do it. that said, the starvation was a -- accomplishing that job every day until the americans actually got there. >> james, toward the right. > thank you. enjoying rampage right now as emotionally draining as it is to read it, how is it to write it and how did you manage that process? james: it is an upbeat story. [laughter] kidding, of course. to give an example, there is an amazing amount of documentation for this story in the national archives. as soon as the battle for manila was over, the americans recognized they were looking less at a battlefield and more t a crime scene. in fact, halfway through the battle as word of the atrocities was beginning to filter in, and macarthur ordered all atrocities be investigated. so when the battle ends, an army of war

all the internees at santo tomas would be dead by the time it was liberated, you had about 7000 prisoners of war and they would've passed away by starvation. by the time set of thomas is mas isted, -- santo to liberated, they were averaging 580 calories a day. so that stretch from february 3 until the end of the war, there is no way they would have made it. it would have been a different catastrophe had we not gone when we did. >> james, thank you very much. james: thank you. [applause] are watching american history tv. 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitter @cspanhis tory for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. >> i am always enthralled by the chamber itself. the walls themselves. if they could speak, what would they tell us? >> c-span snow is book "the thete," transforms you into senate wing of the capital, revealing rich architectural trip -- details of the chamber, it's always and private workspaces and elaborate historic meeting rooms. this keepsake is filled with beautiful color photos of the ar

santo 3700 internees at tomas starved to death. we survived on hope, one of them recalled, hope the american forces would arrive. those hopes were rewarded january 9 1945, when macarthur's .orces hit the beaches and they began the preparation -- for the 100 mile drive south to liberate manila. in macarthur's way was a japanese general, you mushy to ashita. had proven himself early in the war, capturing singapore. but his rivalry had led the letter to park him from the rest of the conflict until this time, send him to mature your -- manchuria. only after the ouster of his in a 1944, did resurrect andrea he was -- his career resurrected and he was returned to the philippines. he had come to die, but he did not plan to do so in manila. . instead, macarthur divided his army and plans to fight it retracted battle in the jungles and woods. rear admiralthe who commanded the naval defense force had no intention city.ndoning the spent much of the rest of the war heart beside the desk best part beside the desk. -- he was sent to manila. the

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