June 12, 2009

TOKYO ROSE



Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino, an American, was the woman most identified with the moniker "Tokyo Rose" - the name given to any of a dozen English-speaking female broadcasters of Japanese propaganda during World War II. She was convited of treason in 1949 and pardoned by President Ford in 1977 after evidence emerged a witness had lied at her trial. - Wikipedia