'Tokyo Rose'
'Tokyo Rose' dies at 90
Last Updated Wed, 27 Sep 2006
CBC News
The woman once convicted for being "Tokyo Rose" has died in Chicago at the age of 90, said her nephew, William Toguri.
Iva Toguri D'Aquino was accused of helping the Japanese propoganda effort during the Second World War by making anti-American radio broadcasts.
The broadcasts were intended to demoralize Allied soldiers fighting in the Pacific theatre.
She was convicted, but later pardoned by then U.S. president Gerald Ford, who restored her citizenship.
D'Aquino was born in Los Angeles of Japanese parents. She was visiting relatives in Japan when the war started.
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