Timeline 1948: “Tokyo Rose” Goes On Trial (1948) [Newsreel of Iva Toguri D’Aquino’s return to the United States for trial.] Currently available on Timeline 1948 (210-minute DVD, UPC 688321194822) for $24.95 + postage directly from Whirlwind DVD.
Trial Of Tokyo Rose by Melvin M. Belli and Danny R. Jones (1960, Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., Belli Looks at Life and Law in Japan by Melvin M. Belli and Danny R. Jones, pg 278-286) 9p
Tokyo Rose Is Home by Diane Arbus (May 1969, Esquire Magazine) 2p
“Whatever Happened to—?” 3rd Series by Richard Lamparski (June 1970, Crown Publications/Ace Books, ISBN 0-51750-443-X, pg 10-11) 2 pages
The Story of “Tokyo Rose” written and produced by Bill Kurtis (4 November 1969) [30-minute CBS-TV & WGN radio documentary broadcast.] 22m:45s
Tokyo Rose by Morley Safer, 60 Minutes (24 June 1976) [15-minute CBS-TV documentary segment, produced by Imrel Harvath.] 14m:39s
They Called Her “Tokyo Rose” by Rex B. Gunn (1977, self-published, Santa Monica, CA) 120p
Tokyo Rose: Orphan Of The Pacific by Masayo Umezawa Duus, translated by Peter Duus (1979, Kodansha International/USA) 248p ISBN 0-87011-354-2 [Introduction by former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Edwin O. Reischauer.]
A Final Report and Review: The Japanese-American Citizens League National Committee For Iva Toguri (d’Aquino) by Dr. Clifford I. Uyeda (1979, University of Washington Asian-American Studies Program Occasional Monograph Series #1) 62p
The Victimization of Tokyo Rose: Portrait Of A Woman Without A Country by Diane Arbus (June 1983, Esquire Magazine, pg 88-89) 2p [Reprint of Tokyo Rose Is Home from the May 1969 Esquire Magazine.]
Tokyo Calling: The Charles Cousens Case by Ivan Chapman (1990, Hale & Iremonger) 388p ISBN 0-86806-367-3
The Hunt For “Tokyo Rose” by Russell Warren Howe (1990, Madison Books) 354p ISBN 0-8191-7456-4 [Foreword by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark.]
Tokyo Rose Trial: 1949 by Stephan G. Christianson (1994, Gale Research, Great American Trials edited by Edward W. Knappman, pg 450-451) 2p
U.S.A. vs. “Tokyo Rose” by Antonio A. Montanari Jr. (1995, Montanari) [Self-produced documentary video] Currently available for $295 purchase or $90 rental from The Cinema Guild, 1-800-723-5522.
Tokyo Rose: Victim Of Propaganda (1995, A&E Biography) AAE-75711 [TV documentary hosted by Peter Graves.] Currently available for $24.95 + P&H from Amazon.com or directly from the Arts & Entertainment Channel.
Shitteru Tsumori?! (You Thought You Knew?!) Iva Toguri: The Woman Called “Tokyo Rose” (3 August 1997, Deep Dish Net) [50-minute Japanese TV documentary broadcast on Nihon Television (NTV).]
The Big House 2: Alderson Women’s Prison (1998, The History Channel) AAE-42401 [TV documentary narrated by Paul Sorvino.] Currently available as the fourth segment of a 2-volume, 4-segment set for $39.95 + P&H directly from the History Channel.
Charleston Gazette: “Wehrle’s investigation cleared Toguri, but the myth persists” (7 October 1999) [Charleston WV columnist John Wehrle debunks the “Tokyo Rose” myth.]
The Straight Dope Mailbag Archive: “How did WWII propaganda broadcaster Tokyo Rose get info on Allied ship movements?” (16 November 1999) [The Straight Dope Science Advisory Board debunks the “Tokyo Rose” myth.]
TimeLab 2000 #79: Tokyo Rose (29 February 2000, The History Channel) [TV documentary “filler” series hosted by Sam Waterston.]
FBI Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Electronic Reading Room: Tokyo Rose (20 March 2000) [The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s official records of its 1948 Espionage investigation of the “Tokyo Rose” case.] 738 p
FBI History—Famous Cases: Tokyo Rose (15 August 2000) [The FBI’s official account of its involvement in the case against Iva Toguri and its aftermath.]
This Week In History (23 February 2001, The History Channel) [Iva Toguri cited in the 2-minute The Ten Most Wrongful Convictions List segment.]
The Green Bay Web: If These Boots Could Talk (July 2001) [Webzine publisher and editor Dale A. Raby presents his own independent observation on the Iva Toguri story on the occasion of her 85th birthday.]
World War II Disc Jockey The Reveille Girl, Beverly: Tokyo Rose vs. Beverly (23 August 2001) [Reminiscences of Iva Toguri’s “opposite number” on the Allied side, Jean Hay, whose “Reveille With Beverly” program debuted on KFEL 950 in Denver CO on 21 October 1941, moved to KNX-CBS 1070 in Hollywood CA after Pearl Harbor and was carried by AFRS beginning in May 1942.]
This Week In History (26 July 2001, The History Channel) [Recounts the true story of Iva Toguri in the featured 12-minute opening segment.]
They Called Her Traitor by J. Kingston Pierce (October 2002, American History Magazine, Volume 37, Issue 4, ISSN 1076-8866, pg 22-28) 7p
‘Mile’ guy under the spell of Tokyo Rose by Michael Fleming (12 June 2003, Daily Variety DISH) [Announces that Frank Darabont will direct the Iva Toguri story.]
Legacies of War I: Iva Tells Her Tale by Erling Hoh (26 June 2003, Far Eastern Economic Review) [186K Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file, reprinted with permission of Far Eastern Economic Review, Copyright © 2003 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.] 6p
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‘Tokyo Rose’ Was Innocent! Framed By Federal Prosecutors, Iva Toguri d’Aquino Was Wrongly Convicted of Committing Treason During WWII by Hans Scherrer (6 July 2003) [A profile of the Iva Toguri case on Forejustice.org, a Web site devoted to documenting misjustice and wrongful convictions, with an eye toward correcting same, by the author of The Inhumanity of Government Bureaucracies (The Independent Review, Fall 2000).]
Here On Earth 031206K: Iva Toguri (6 December 2003, WPR) [Public radio program Here On Earth, hosted by Jean Faraca and produced by Wisconsin Public Radio, with guests Bill Kurtis and Russell Warren Howe, webcast using RealPlayer streaming audio, relates the story of Iva Toguri and how it resonates throughout the world today.] 52m:20s
Convicting A Myth: Debunking the Legend of Tokyo Rose and the Real Woman Who Took the Blame by Tim G.W. Holbert (10 February 2005, World War II Chronicles, Issue XXVII, Winter 2004-2005, pg 4) [700K Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file, Copyright © 2005 Tim G.W. Holbart] 16p
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Iva Toguri ‘Tokyo Rose’ Receives Citizenship Award: World War II Veterans Committee presents Edward J. Herlihy Citizenship Award to wrongly-labeled Patriot by Jeffrey Kimoto (10 February 2006, NikkeiWest Japanese American All-English Newspaper, pg 7) [710K Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file, Copyright © 2006 NikkeiWest. Reprinted with permission by NikkeiWest.] 1p
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Setting the Record Straight: World War II Veterans Committee Presents the 2005 Edward J. Herlihy Citizenship Award to Iva Toguri by Tim G.W. Holbert (23 May 2006, World War II Chronicles, Issue XXVIII, Winter 2005–2006, pg 28) [694K Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file, Copyright © 2006 Tim G.W. Holbart] 2p
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Veterans Embrace ‘Tokyo Rose’ by James C. Roberts (30 May 2006, The Washington Times, Culture Page) 2p
Tokyo Rose: American Patriot by Jack French (Jun 2006, Radio Recall: The Official Journal of the Metropolitan Washington Old Time Radio Club (MWOTRC), June 2006) 1p
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