A more ominous admonition came from a graduate of UCLA, an American girl of Japanese descent who had been visiting a sick aunt in Japan when the war broke out. Nicknamed “Tokyo Rose” by the Americans, she first went on the air as “Ann,” short for “announcer,” and currently called herself “Orphan Annie, your favorite enemy.” “I’ve got some swell recordings for you,” she was broadcasting, “just in from the States. You’d better enjoy them while you can, because tomorrow at oh-six-hundred you’re hitting Saipan … and we’re ready for you. So, while you’re still alive, let’s listen to
