Radio: By Any Other Name

Tokyo Rose is the darling of U.S. sailors, G.I.s and Marines all over the Pacific. She is a Jap propagandist, but her broadcasts are popular among American listeners: she gives them humor, nostalgia, news, entertainment and good U.S. dance music. In a very feminine and friendly voice she murmurs:

"Good evening again to the all-forgetting and forgotten men, the American fighting men of the South Pacific. The Zero Hour to the rescue once again, taking up a few vacant moments you may have to kill. And since this is Monday and therefore Old Timers' night, these few moments will be...

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