Axis Sally: The American Voice of Nazi Germany (23 page)

"Better grab this dame quick. I understand she built up a terrific following among the boys during the war!"
Cartoon published January 27, 1947 after Axis Sally’s Christmas release.
Papers of Bill Mauldin (Library of Congress) Cartoon Drawings (Library of Congress)

In March 1946, the US Counter-Intelligence Corps (CIC) posted this “Wanted” poster for Mildred Gillars throughout occupied Berlin.
Library of Congress (New York World collection)

Mildred enjoys an American cigarette after her arrest in March 1946.
Library of Congress

Iva Toguri d’Aquino (“Tokyo Rose”) poses in dress and apron (1945).
Library of Congress

Surrounded by military police, “Tokyo Rose” (actually only one of several women known as such) speaks to reporters in 1945.
Library of Congress

Iva re-enacts a broadcast of the “Zero Hour” by “Orphan Ann” from Radio Tokyo for newsreel cameras in September 1945.
Library of Congress

Matchbook from Zucca’s Restaurant, a popular 1940’s Manhattan eatery owned by the father of Rita Zucca (the Rome “Axis Sally”).
Courtesy World War II magazine and the National Archives

In Frankfurt-am-Main, “Axis Sally” (Mildred Gillars) bids farewell to Germany as she is repatriated to the United States. She will be arrested for treason upon landing in Washington, DC. To her right is Warrant Officer Catherine Samaha.
The National Archives

Mildred Gillars leaves for Washington to face a grand jury treason inquiry. En route, she told her companion that she “did not expect to be kicked around by anyone, especially her own country.”
Photo Credit: Harold Briggs/Stars and Stripes. Photo courtesy: Stars and Stripes.

Mildred Gillars (“Axis Sally”) responds to reporters’ questions as she leaves the US Commissioner’s Office, following her arrest for treason in August 1948.
Courtesy of Critical Past LLC

A helping hand for “Axis Sally.” A Justice Department agent is shown holding the handbag brought from Germany by Mildred Gillars. She is pictured on the sidewalk before her arraignment, August 21, 1948.
Courtesy of the Washingtoniana Division, DC Public Library