Iva Toguri D’Aquino, the Japanese-American convicted of treason in 1949 for broadcasting propaganda from Japan to United States servicemen during World War II as the seductive but sinister Tokyo Rose, died Tuesday in Chicago. She was 90.
Iva Toguri was a Japanese-American radio propagandist during World War II. She was pegged “Tokyo Rose” by allied forces because she was known for taunting them and hurting their morale. After the war in 1945, Tokyo was arrested and tried for 8 counts of treason. She was only found guilty of one charge and was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined 10,000. Tokyo was released early in 1956 for good behavior.
too bad we don't lock these people up now days...
Posted by: sid williams | 03 February 2007 at 06:16 AM
is it too late to charge jane fonda for treason? as demonstrated in her latest anti-war protest during the last week of january, she's still at it.
Posted by: kathy | 26 February 2007 at 06:22 PM