Ex-"Tokyo Rose" suspect dies in Chicago

[kskiska]

CHICAGO - Iva Toguri D'Aquino, who was convicted and later pardoned of being World War II propagandist "Tokyo Rose," died Tuesday of natural causes, said her nephew, William Toguri. She was 90.

Tokyo Rose was the name given by soldiers to a female radio broadcaster responsible for anti-American transmissions intended to demoralize soldiers fighting in the Pacific theater. D'Aquino was the only U.S. citizen identified among the potential suspects.

In 1949, she became the seventh person to be convicted of treason in American history and served six years in prison. But doubts about her possible role as Tokyo Rose later surfaced and she was pardoned by President Gerald Ford in 1977.

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Ron Yates, dean of the College of Communications at the University of Illinois, is credited with helping win the pardon. As a reporter at the Chicago Tribune, Yates found D'Aquino's accusers who said they were pressured by prosecutors to lie.

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[flordehinojos]

1. as the world turns D'Aquino dies; america becomes that which it fought

against in WWII.

[LostinVA]

2. I've always felt very sorry for Iva Toguri D'Aquino

I've always believed she was railroaded.

[saigon68]

3. Another fine Proud Moment in American History

The Chimpanzee would be proud how the propaganda worked against this woman

Rove meanwhile is in the Oral Office bathroom masturbating at the news

[calico1]

4. I thought she had died a number of

years ago. :shrug: