Iva Toguri D'Aquino, 90; 'Tokyo Rose' in WWII

She was stripped of her U.S. citizenship and received a sentence of 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. She was sent to a federal women's prison in Alderson, W.Va., where she was said to have spent many hours playing bridge with "Axis Sally" Gillars.

Released after six years for good behavior, Mrs. D'Aquino worked quietly to exonerate herself.

By then, her personal life had crumbled. Her husband came to her defense during the trial only to be bullied into signing an agreement never again to enter the United States. Their separation -- she declined to leave the United States -- led to their reluctant divorce.

After leaving prison, she settled in Chicago and worked with her father at a small import shop to pay off the fine after repeated threats by the Justice Department.

Petitions began circulating for her exoneration, but little was done at the executive level until news reports began to question the testimony that led to her conviction.

Kenkichi Oki, a "Zero Hour" colleague who had testified against Mrs. D'Aquino, told the Chicago Tribune that he "had no choice" but to testify against Mrs. D'Aquino because of threats from the FBI that "Uncle Sam might arrange a trial for us, too."

The jury foreman told reporters that he felt pressure from the judge and wished he "had a little more guts to stick with my vote for acquittal."

After she was pardoned by Ford in 1977, her citizenship was restored. She said she regretted that the pardon came about four years after her father's death. She described her father's reaction to her experiences: "You were like a tiger, you never changed your stripes, you stayed American through and through."

Until her death, she lived in welcome anonymity in Chicago, allowing herself pleasures such as quilting and concerts at the Chicago Lyric Opera.