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TIL that the famous WW2 Japanese propaganda broadcaster Iva Toguri( wrongly associated with the name "Tokyo Rose"), was an American citizen who actively assisted the Allied war effort by smuggling rations to prisoners, and making the broadcasts as much as a farce as possible.

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