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Originally Posted by jimbuna
Any details on who that was?
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According to John Toland's book
, The Rising Sun Iva supported herself in Japan as a typist with the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation. At the behest of an American Army captain--an ex-radio commentator who had been 'persuaded' to return to his old trade for the Japanese--she agreed to make 15 minute daily broadcasts to Allied soldiers. In her capacity as disk jockey she met and became friends with other American POW's who were also broadcasting propaganda for the Japanese. (They were subsequently pardoned after the war because they had been forced to do it under "immediate threat of death or bodily harm.")
During her trial Iva's lawyers put the blame on the Army captain who had taught her the broadcasting business. They were informed that the captain was not under the jurisdiction of the court at which point the jury refused to charge her. When the prosecution assured the jury that the captain would also be brought to justice, Iva was indicted.
The captain was never tried. He was later promoted to major. Unfortunately, Toland doesn't give a name.