Tokyo Rose: World War II’s most controversial radio DJ
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A Novel About Japanese Immigrants - The Zero Hour
Iva is considered a nise a, second generation japanese immigrant. She knows that renouncing her citizenship means she will never be able to return to the land she loves in america. But iva is desperately short on money, and she needs a job. One of the few advantages she has in japan is that she speaks fluent english. And soon she finds work at a news agency, translating intercepted broadcasts from us. Then in november 19 forty three, iva gets a second job at radio tokio,. A roadcasting corporation that produces, among other things, propaganda. Her superiors unexpectedly ask her to audition to be the announcer on a brand new show called
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