This sound recording captures a Japanese broadcast to Allied forces in the South Pacific. The broadcast contained music; war news and commentary; music with "Ann the Orphan," Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American dubbed "Tokyo Rose" by the American military; news from the United States, including news of the Presidential campaign; music; and commentary.
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This primary source comes from the Records of the Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service.
National Archives Identifier:
2292471Full Citation: Zero Hour; 8/14/1944; Zero Hour; Records of the Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service, Record Group 262; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/zero-hour, October 2, 2023]