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Sayonara, “Tokyo Rose” … Hello Again, “Orphan Ann”!

(4 Jul 1916 – 26 Sep 2006)

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“My time in prison was not wasted, except financially. I wasted a lot of time when I should have been working. Financially, it was devastating.” —Iva Toguri, in an interview with Russell Warren Howe, 1987

Proposed: A joint resolution in Congress posthumously awarding Iva Ikuko Toguri a special Congressional gold medal or recommending her for the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of her heroic efforts in broadcasting as “Orphan Ann” during World War II and her continued loyalty, unto death, in the face of unjust prosecution, conviction and imprisonment thereafter; a national apology for the same and complete restitution of the $10,000 fine, adjusted for value, to the family who stood by her (and, for all in intents and purposes, paid it from the proceeds of the family business).

Some restitution is also in order for her false imprisonment, both in Japan and the United States, which totals 3,108 days or about 8½ years. Witnesses against Iva at her 1949 trial were paid a $10 per diem allowance. Even if she only received the same financial consideration as her false accusers, that would be an additional $31,080 restitution, also adjusted for value.

 

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