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==Early life== Toguri was born in [[Los Angeles]], and was a daughter of [[Issei|Japanese immigrants]].<ref name=Duus-1979>{{Cite book|last=Duus|first=Masayo|title=Tokyo Rose: Orphan of the Pacific|publisher=Kodansha International Ltd|year=1979|isbn=978-0870113543|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/tokyoroseorphano00duus}}</ref>{{RP|40}}<ref name=goldstein/> Her father, Jun Toguri, had come to the U.S. in 1899, and her mother, Fumi, in 1913.<ref name=Duus-1979 />{{RP|41}} Iva was a [[Girl Guide and Girl Scout|Girl Scout]],<ref name=Duus-1979 />{{RP|43}} and was raised as a Christian.<ref name="Duus-1979" />{{RP|42}} She began [[grammar school]]s in [[Calexico, California|Calexico]] and [[San Diego]] before returning with her family to complete her education in Los Angeles, where she attended [[Compton High School]].<ref name="Duus-1979"/>{{RP|41}} Toguri graduated from the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], in 1940 with a degree in [[zoology]].<ref name=goldstein>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/27/world/asia/28rose.html | title=D'Aquino, Convicted as Tokyo Rose, Dies at 90 | author=Goldstein, Richard | date=September 27, 2006 | work=[[The New York Times]]| author-link=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942) }}</ref><ref name=AVCenter>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanveteranscenter.org/AVC_conAw_EJH_Toguri.html |title=Edward J. Herlihy 2005 Citizenship Award Recipient Iva Toguri |publisher=[[American Veterans Center]] |access-date=June 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202062738/http://www.americanveteranscenter.org/AVC_conAw_EJH_Toguri.html |archive-date=December 2, 2008 }}</ref> In 1940, she registered to vote as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]].<ref name="Duus-1979"/>{{RP|44}} On July 5, 1941, Toguri sailed for Japan from the [[San Pedro, Los Angeles]], area, to visit an ailing relative.<ref name=goldstein/><ref name="Duus-1979"/>{{RP|46}} The [[U.S. State Department]] issued her a Certificate of Identification; she did not have a [[passport]].<ref name="Duus-1979"/>{{RP|50}}<ref name=bernstein/> In August, Toguri applied to the U.S. Vice Consul in Japan for a passport, stating she wished to return to her home in the U.S.<ref name="Duus-1979"/>{{RP|53}} Her request was forwarded to the State Department, but following the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] (December 7, 1941), the State Department refused to certify her citizenship in 1942.<ref name="Duus-1979"/>{{RP|57}}
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