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THE WOMAN BEHIND THE MYTH | October 6, 1949
San Francisco, California
The voice had haunted American servicemen throughout the Pacific.
A sultry woman broadcasting Japanese propoganda during the middle of the most trying times of their lives. Her words were sinister, dark, and demoralizing, meant to shatter the will of young soldiers on the battlefield.
But when the war was over, where was Tokyo Rose? Did she even exist?
Iva Toguri D’Aquino, an American citizen trapped in Japan at the start of the war, was arrested and charged with treason as the alleged voice behind the infamous radio…
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