[DIRTYSECRET]

Patty Hearst did time. 19 years old when kidnapped. She was scared to death and may or may not have had Stockholm syndrome. The public was not going to allow this rich girl get away with what the Hearst empire did in advocating wars against the ‘yellow peril’.

Tokyo Rose may not have been guilty. This article was too short and incomplete.

[Seruzawa]

I read years ago that she was basically forced to buy the Japanese Secret Police. Those guys made the Gestapo look like nice guys.

[higgmeister]

On January 15, 2006, the World War II Veterans Committee awarded Toguri its annual Edward J. Herlihy Citizenship Award, citing "her indomitable spirit, love of country, and the example of courage she has given her fellow Americans".[22] According to one biographer, Toguri found it the most memorable day of her life.[2]

Toguri died of natural causes in a Chicago hospital on September 26, 2006, at the age of 90.[23][24]