The Hero They Declared a Traitor

Many don’t know the story of the heroic Ikuko Toguri (1916–2006) who was tried as traitor. She came to be called Tokyo Rose.

Toguri was the daughter of Japanese immigrants. She was born on the fourth of July in 1916 in Los Angeles and raised a Methodist. She sailed to Japan in July of 1941 to visit relatives. She used a Certficate of Identification instead of a passport to travel. The U.S. State Department…