World War Ii Radio Propagandist 'Tokyo Rose' Dies in Chicago

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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.

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World War Ii Radio Propagandist 'Tokyo Rose' Dies in Chicago

In 1949, she became the seventh person t...

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