Comments on: There was no Tokyo Rose, but there was an Iva Toguri D’Aquino, R.I.P. http://www.transpacificradio.com/2006/09/27/there-was-no-tokyo-rose-but-there-was-an-iva-toguri-daquino-rip/ Independent Podcasting from Tokyo. Featuring Seijigiri, a discussion of Japanese news and politics, as well as TPR News, our twice a week look at Japan's top stories. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:15:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Ken http://www.transpacificradio.com/2006/09/27/there-was-no-tokyo-rose-but-there-was-an-iva-toguri-daquino-rip/#comment-92 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:10:31 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2006/09/27/there-was-no-tokyo-rose-but-there-was-an-iva-toguri-daquino-rip/#comment-92 The last time Iva Toguri spoke publicly was in <a href="http://www.earthstation1.com/Orphan_Ann/'60_Minutes'PieceOn'TokyoRose'.ram" rel="nofollow">this 60 Minutes interview</a> in 1976, just before she received her presidential pardon. From the beginning of the 60 Minutes segment: <i>...but that was another time, more than thirty years ago, when it was all right to be racist about your enemies.</i> I sort of hoped she would speak out again at some point, if not even write a book about her experience. But I do think, watching her interview now, that she stayed quite bitter and perhaps never saw her story as larger than herself. Rest in peace Iva. The last time Iva Toguri spoke publicly was in this 60 Minutes interview in 1976, just before she received her presidential pardon.

From the beginning of the 60 Minutes segment:

…but that was another time, more than thirty years ago, when it was all right to be racist about your enemies.

I sort of hoped she would speak out again at some point, if not even write a book about her experience. But I do think, watching her interview now, that she stayed quite bitter and perhaps never saw her story as larger than herself.

Rest in peace Iva.

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