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(1916-2006)

Quick Facts:

FULL NAME: Iva Ikuko Toguri
BORN: July 4, 1916
DIED: September 26, 2006
BIRTHPLACE: Los Angeles, California

Who Was Tokyo Rose?

Iva Toguri, better known as “Tokyo Rose,” was born in Los Angeles on July 4, 1916.

After college, she visited Japan and was stranded there after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Forced to renounce her U.S. citizenship, Toguri found work in radio and was asked to host “Zero Hour,” a propaganda and entertainment program aimed at U.S.

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After the war, she was returned to the U.S. and convicted of treason, serving 6 years in prison. Gerald Ford pardoned Tokyo Rose in 1976 and she died in 2006.

Early Years

Iva Toguri, better known as “Tokyo Rose,” was born in Los Angeles, California, on Independence Day, July 4, 1916.

Her father was a Japanese-American who owned an import shop. Caught between two cultures, Iva Toguri aspired to be like a