Tokyo Rose
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Tokyo Rose was a name given by Allied troops in the South Pacific during World War II to all female English-speaking radio broadcasters of Japanese propaganda. The programs were broadcast in the South
JOAK microphone and Iva Toguri D'Aquino (dubbed "Tokyo Rose" by some), National Museum of American History
Iva Toguri D'Aquino, mug shot taken at Sugamo Prison on March 7, 1946
Iva Toguri D'Aquino mug shot Sugamo Prison JAPAN March 7, 1946
Iva Toguri D'Aquino
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Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino was an American citizen visiting Japan when World War II began. Unable to return to the United States, she risked her life smuggling food to American service men held in pris
Tokyo Rose
…in 1949 the San Francisco Chronicle described Tokyo Rose as the "Mata Hari of radio". Tokyo Rose ceased to be merely a symbol in September 1945 when Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American disc jockey for a propagandist radio program, attempted to return to the United States. Toguri was accused of being the "real…
Toguri in December 1944 at Radio Tokyo
FBI synopsis of trial
Toguri being interviewed by the press in September 1945