I shopped at her store on Belmont (North side of Chicago) all the time. Love her store. Still own a kimono I bought there. Told my father about shopping there and meeting her. He thought it was the coolest thing. Also bought dishes, a paper lamp (long gone). Told my younger brother who she was when I brought him there but he had no clue as to who I was talking about. Great video!
In the nineties and early 2000 I passed by her business on Belmont near Clark street every day. I wish I had known. How horrible that she is mistreated by both the Japanese and the Americans and had to wait 30 years for redemption.
is store still there? I remember a boy said he was related to her went to ogden elementary school with same last name ..amazing. we were there in chicago forgot to see if store was still there. amazing how they did her wrong.
New sub here. Came over from Lamont. Growing up I always were interested in the curiosity of those who passed on in the orbituaries and cemeteries and the stories their lives held. I used to think something was wrong with me for being interesting in such as a teen being different from the others. When I found Lamont I felt like I wasn't alone and now I have found your channel. Great video. Thank you
Wow! I didn't really know anything about her. Amazing she stayed true to her beliefs and did not apparently resent the treatment she got from our country. That's awful her mother died in the interment camp. Such a sad part of our history.
Every intersection should have cameras.. so that all accidents can be seen and a good camera.. Some cameras are crap. The city should buy one for all intersections.. ALL cities and towns should do this..
They say you learn something new every day, I knew about Tokyo Rose from the war movies I have watched but didnt know the history again another interesting video....Thankyou...take care Mary ..in Canada
I just subbed from one of your previous vlogs. I had no idea Tokyo Rose was buried there! I have immediate family not far from your area. Mt Prospect. But I'm 1k away, in Va. Good job with your adventures! Take care and keep them coming.
I used to visit this cemetery with my grandmother quite often in the early 90’s…. I remember mostly how fond I was of walking around with her there. I’ve been to many cemeteries, but this one had an especially peaceful feeling about it. Excellent video!
I'm so glad to find your channel. I used to follow and be a fan of another cemetery explorer and he turned out to be a complete nutter. Keep up the good work.
I used to watch Lamont at Large. He had a lot of interesting things, but then he started adding his political views, which is his right, it’s his channel, but I also have the freedom to unsubscribe. I like this channel better. Hope Ron doesn’t start injecting political rants. I’m hooked to this channel and Mr. Ballen ( an amazing story teller). I started watching him awhile back before he hit a million subscribers. Now he has over three million subscribers ( in just a few months).
@@Darbysmommy I was talking about Lamont lol. He isn't what he seems. He is a very disturbed individual. I loved watching his channel but then discovered he had another channel. Complete night & day. He said crude things about women. Anyways you're right its his choice and my choice to unsubscribe.
Thank you so much for giving the background story of Iva. My dad served in the South Pacific so I grew up hearing of Tokyo Rose but not this part of it. Much appreciated.
It always amazes me of the breath of things our country does that we castigate other countries for doing. We couldn't even exonerate her, we had to pardon her, to save face. Keep up the great work!
I work in cemeteries every day in the DC area I haven't seen any with the kind of pictures that you show now I'm going to start looking around while I'm waiting for families to arrive whenever I go to a cemetery while I'm waiting I always try and find the oldest marker I can
MAMA SAN to me. TY for the totally, totally accurate, spot on rendering the true story of her. One of the nicest, warmest, loving, patriotic people known to the World. What better way to celebrate The Fourth of July, than at her very private Birthday Party.
I dated Iva's niece for a while and knew her very well. I even taught her and her co-worker quilt-making in my northside store. A very warm woman and I have fond memories of her. RIP, Aunt Iva.
@@RazrEdge100 oh dear. ED do we know each other. Koizumi is a familiar name. What Store❓I believe I had clients named Koizumi. My last name is Minaga. My husband is Steve. His Parents were Chico and Kay Minaga. I, also may know you from Golfing with the men's Japanese League Rainboro. I too Quilt, now, Took it up after retiring from the Practice of Law. Small World.
@@lindaminaga2649 My partner and I had The Contemporary Quilt on Halsted and later on Clark St. in the latter '70s and early 80's. last big sewing project was making 100's of facemasks. I might not know you or your husband, personally as I'm not a golfer but I'll bet our grandparents knew all the Japanese families in Chicago. take care.
The shop lived on (I believe managed by her son) until 2013! I had the pleasure of meeting him briefly, though at the time I had no idea of his family or the store's historical significance.
This is a heartbreaking story. She did not deserve to be locked up in jail. What a horrible way to find out your Mom had passed years later. Rest In Peace.
I grew up right there in sauganash, the alley from the back of our house would take you to this cemetery. My stepfather was buried there 10 years ago today. Lovely area. As kids we’d always walk along the fence at night trying to scare one another.
Chicago is blessed with having prospered from so many giants of the last century. Your video inspires & tells of Iva's tragedy in a way few others do. Thank You. My father's WW2 Army Infantry Div. association even petitioned for her pardon. What a Lady. Class.
Ahhh! You saw Erica's Angel! I don't recall her last name, but her name was Erica. She died about 10 years of age from cancer and her parents commissioned sculptor Lena Toritch to create a bronze statue of a guardian angel leading Erica on her way to Heaven. I think she died around 2010, but I might have it wrong. Golly, can't think of her last name either. That's annoying. But it's a beautiful statue that's been said to have aided in her parents grieving. Google search photos show it decorated with bracelets, beads, and flowers at various times throughout the year, so they and friends visit still.
Please let the person gets justice for the way he died .as for the hit and run person .do the right thing and hand your sorry ass to the the right authorities. Hi from new Zealand .
A testament to her character is the fact that even after all this country put her through, & took from her, she still considered herself an American. I would’ve been angry, resentful, & every other negative emotion you could think of. Bless her.
What a shame, this was a horrible time in the USA. Racism went wild against Japanese people. I am happy to learn her name was cleared before she died. Speaking of names, she was probably called Iva, her middle name because, easier to say, and she was American.
@Garrison Nichols I'm not clear on what part I am mistaken on. She was an American, she finally made it back to the USA, her family was in a camp, she was denied her citizenship, on trumped up charges, and President Ford gave Citizenship back before she died. What?
Wrongfully accused of what exactly? She was fined and served a few years in prison for saying a few things about American ships destroyed in the Pacific over the air. She could have refused to do any of this stuff and served in prison in Japan instead, she took the easy path and worked with Japan. She got a light punishment for that one serious incident. Maybe she is demonized too much but she had a choice and her choice was to work with the enemy in a military capacity (mentioning the destroyed ships).
@@SpaceTravel1776 the 2 Japanese men that testified against her later admitted that they had been coerced and threatened to not only lie about her in court, but to also withhold evidence that proved she never committed treason.
I'm 47 years old & grew up without cell phones of course but I couldn't imagine being stranded in a foreign country without one so it had to be absolutely terrifying for her to be stuck in Japan in a time when all you could probably do is write letters because I know if it was even possible to make a phone call to the United States from Japan then she wouldn't have been able to afford it I wouldn't think.
I moved to FL. about 11 years ago and that is what I hear on the news so much, hit and run over and over. One day I asked our police chief why he thought there were so many and much more in FL. than in N.Y. state. He told me it is because so many of them are uninsured and if they can't get them on the charge of leaving the scene or injuring someone they can at least get them for no insurance. Most of these people aren't man or woman enough to own up to what they did. Great video again.
I remember going in to that shop it felt like going to a foreign store miss going there and buying tea and cookies..I was wondering what ever happened to her after the shop closed miss the old Belmont stores
Hello,🖐🏼. I find your videos informative AND interesting, especially the ones where the innocent get their justice. THEIR killers Are brought Up to get the punishment that they so rightly deserve. So many innocent lives gone At the hand's of the incompetent. Thanks again for sharing this with Us ‼️ have A great weekend ✝️🛐☮️💜🖐🏼.
This cemetery is in such disarray. I've never seen another that you have showed that has been like it. There are so many tombstones off of their base, others crooked, still others turned at odd angles. Such a shame. Doesn't look like it is really well cared for.
No one was called to answer for injustice done to Iva ! She was pardoned for something was never found guilty of ! The real criminals also just lived their lives in peace and never made to pay for their crimes ! Disgusting !
Hi, I ask respectfully, Why do they put up their headstone, when they're actually still alive?? Is it a common thing to do in America?? Sorry for my ignorance, but I have never come across that before.
It’s actually a very good question. And I don’t know. It’s just an American thing maybe, I guess, where people are so afraid they’re going to be forgotten that they do it themselves before hand. You should look at the tomb of Roland Burris, an Illinois politician at a cemetery I was just at. www.findagrave.com/memorial/32723798/roland-wallace-burris He built a huge monument to himself, and the epitaph was five paragraphs of all his accomplishments. Funny because I was about to include him in my video, he’s right next to Jesse Owens the famous Olympic athlete of 1939, the sprinter, and then I said “I think he’s still alive, that Roland Burris”. And sure enough, he is--I’ve never seen anything like it. Narcissism? Maybe, and we don’t want to just say that’s only American’s, but... 🤣😉
@@FacesoftheForgotten thank you for replying. Yes I will watch that one too. And you are correct. I shouldn't assume that only Americans do that, I suppose it happens elsewhere as well. My apologies🙏😊 I find your videos interesting and extremely informative. I've learned so much history from just your videos, than I had during my years at school...waaay back in the day😂😂thank you again😊
@@FacesoftheForgotten I just went and looked I can’t believe that mini mansion he built for himself, and the book he put on it. Talk about tooting your own horn 📯😳🙈😂😂😂
My dads has his name on a tombstone since 1954. When his father died his mother bought a large tombstone with my grandfather’s information and went ahead and put hers and my dad’s name and bday. I know several ppl that wanted to have everything bought and set up when they passed so family wouldn’t have to do any arrangements. Everything is paid and done.
Because funerals can be very expensive in the US, some people purchase headstones and make funeral arrangements while they are still alive, so that will be one less headache that the families have to deal with after one or both family members have passed on!
The hit and run driver 1.stolen vehicle 2.no insurance 3.not registered 4.expired tags 5.was under the influence 6.had warrants All reasons they may have fled,or had committed a crime before the hit and run
Good video's, great stories. I lived in a 1 bedroom flat next to the Metropolitan cemetery. No spooky things happened. This was Townsville city up north of were I am now Brisbane Australia. Dutton Park cemetery is close by. Mr Sing a prolific successful sniper of ww1 is buried at DuttonPark. Metropolitan cemetery was a section of the cemetery for non Christian burials. But it's well maintained, I think every weekend at home I saw workers.
sad story, i was born on Dec .7,1966 and two teachers diffrent years would not let me forget what a day to remember and My Mom will alway’s tell me, i was the bomb 💣 and explosions, meaning trouble i guess, thankyou for taking me along the grave site, may Jesus bless you every time you walk threw the grave sites🙏🏻✝️
I noticed in that cemetery, a lot of stones are uneven, crooked, slanting, etc. I’m not talking about the ones by the tree, disturbed by the trunk and roots. Did you notice this about this cemetery? Thank you for your video.
Yeah it’s funny you mention that, this video was shot before I got my new camera and leveling gimbal, so I had to manually keep adjusting trying to get the picture and flat level in editing -and it was so hard to tell where the horizon was because of everything tilting all over the place. You have a good eye Twyla 🙃
@@FacesoftheForgotten I spend a lot of time in them. Lol. I was wondering if it was vandalism, an earthquake, or perhaps, as we have in my area, blasts from underground mining. I had just never seen so much unevenness, as I did there.
@@SquarepegASR - Well as an architect, my guess would be soil conditions. They vary greatly here in Chicago from one area to another. Some areas are very firm with Compact sand, and other places are more silty. The glaciers moved through here many many years ago and deposited all sorts of stuff, and in the end I’m guessing it’s all soil conditions. I know there’s been no blasting or anything like that. It’s probably not vandalism, it’s basically most of the cemetery. One of my earlier videos where there are hills it really is bad, runoff. th-cam.com/video/wzVwvAmC-n8/w-d-xo.html I’m sure you’ve seen those conditions in hilly cemeteries.
@@FacesoftheForgotten That makes sense. It’s a shame that the soil condition is unstable. It will only get worse with time. When I am in cemeteries, and I see things like that, I just want to fix them. I found out years ago, I can’t. Lol. And now, at almost 60 years old, with a bad back, I definitely can’t straighten a gravestone. We had a gentleman in our area that used to restore stones. I had helped him a few times. The last time I helped him, I had found a grave with only the base to the stone and it was buried. Most people wouldn’t have noticed it, but I knew it was there. He and I went back and dug it up and replaced and leveled it. We had permission to do so, as well as probe for the grave. Sadly, he passed away from cancer not long after. No one in the community does such a thing anymore. I used to photograph for findagrave several years ago. I am hoping to do that again someday. I appreciate the work you do, and the respect you have while doing it.
my mother use to take my brother and i into iva's store in chicago, told us the story of what happened to her. sad disgusting what the government did but glad she got cleared. what an injustice to an american citizen. shameful.
Aloha! I was witness to the prejudice that some Americans felt toward the Japanese, especially from my Mom. My Mom was 10 living in a house right on the water, on Pearl Harbor peninsula, the day that the bombings happened. She, her parents, & my uncle, all hid in the sugar cane fields for 3 days. They later stayed at my Great Uncle's home until the Army confiscated it for operations. My Mom's older Brother reported to Pearl Harbor during the bombing, but was not injured. My Mom really disliked mainland Japanese, she refused deal with them during the Real Estate boom in the 80's as she owned her own company. One day, she scattered a group of a dozen or more Japanese visitors, as they were crossing a road! I was screaming, "Mom SLOW DOWN!!! That was when I knew that she truly had a severe dislike for them, even when she was in her 60's, I personally grew up with many friends of all ethnicities here in Hawaii. I believe(besides my dearly departed Mom), Hawaii is the least prejudice state in the union. Fascinating video!!😊🤙
It’s interesting that you mention that, because when I was in my late 20s, I was at the golf course with my Dad- in the pro shop, and there were a lot of Asian men golfers, huddled together staying to themselves, of course not speaking English. Some old white guy blurted out (very loud): “Look at those JAPS”. I was kind of stunned. The guy behind the counter said: “We don’t call them that anymore”. And that guy just shrugged. I saw a lot of racism growing up. Even against Jews. Of course blacks. Thank God I went to an integrated high school, and my parents were not racists.
@@FacesoftheForgotten Aloha F.O.T.F.! Here in Hawaii, we're what we call "mixed plate" I went to school with every ethnicity, and (strange but true), in Hawaii in the 60's & 70's, "haoles" pronounced "howl- Lees"(white people) were actually the minority, and were picked on in school,(not so much these days, thank goodness).Other than the Japanese racism, my Mom had friends of all ethnicities, as I do, including the Japanese!😊
Montrose Cemetary was the only cemetery that accepted the burial of people of Japanese decent for a long time. There is a dedicated space within the cemetery for them.
Ron, i know you dont have time to look up the story of every last person you show us, but I was wondering what happened to the beautiful Janett Flores? Shes so young Ty
Can you look for the grave site of the medical student murdered around the Univ. of Illinois at Chicago by a group of teens . It was a crime that touched everyone's heart .
Hey I can’t find your other comment here, I could view it but it doesn’t show up, weird technical issue with You Tube, but anyway, on me not getting hurt. Well, all I can say is I’ve made it this far I still have a few of my nine lives left I think, twice I was almost killed by polar bear who was stalking me in the Arctic on my bushplane search for the Franklin expedition for 15 years bushpilotdhc.blogspot.com/ And then a little over three years ago I was almost killed in a plane accident, a vintage torpedo bomber that I had bought flying back with a crew-mate, exploded over the White Mountains of Arizona we had a parachute and survive and get out of the wilderness. www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ww2-airplane-crash-chicago-man-jumps-out/149721/%3famp But that would be terrible if I fell through and got killed -after all I’ve been through, to be killed in a mausoleum accident ha ha Ha!
I really don't remember her name . This happened more than 30 yrs ago . Those days there was a way females drivers were getting robbed while waiting for the green light . A guy would brake the passenger side window with a rock or other object and grabbed the woman's purse . There was even a name for this kind of robbery . The young medical student was driving down the street by the University , I think at night . She was found dead the next day near the Univ. in an area known as " the yards" or something like that , close to the Univ. . Days later a teen confessed to the police that he and I think four other teens saw her by herself at her car waiting for the light to change . Not only did they brake her window , but also kidnapned her . Took her to the "Yards" and all of them took turns to rape her . According to the teen that confessed to the police , one of them picked up a big rock and hit her head with it and they left her there . The police said that her skull had been crushed . I think that with this account somebody will be able to give you more info . Thank you for replying .
@@FacesoftheForgotten You dying in a Mausoleum !! Can you imaging years later a father telling his son : You see that cemetery ? The body of a famous guy that used to visit different cemeteries is there . Son--Really ? Can we go visit his grave site ? Dad--No , we can't . Son -- But why ? Dad -- Well... you see... everybody knows his body is somewhere in there , but since he had the habit of walking on top of old deteriorating Mausoleums , for sure he fell in one of them . We just don't know WHICH ONE !! Have a nice day .
People might be passed at my comment but here goes: Iva was far more loyal to the United States than the United States was to her, or, frankly in her case more than the US deserved. She was a kind, big-hearted woman.
It's a sad story the way the US authorities treated her. She refused to renounce her American citizenship despite pressure from the Japanese, which made her an enemy alien and would have made things very difficult during wartime. She smuggled food and medical supplies to malnourished Allied prisoners, and would have been in big trouble if she was caught. It's crazy how anyone could have thought she was a traitor, she deserved a medal not jail and losing her US citizenship. I admire her stoicism and that she didn't let it leave her bitter and defeated. RIP Iva.
Very strong woman. Wish I could say the same. But she has also seen some pain. Hope she's smiling, she's here and we now thanks to Ron will always no who she was as a beautiful very strong woman. As alwa🌼💖💖💖💖💖ys. Pj.
A SHAME SHE HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT AND HER FAMILY TOO , I SURE HOPE THEY APOLOGIZED TO HER , THEY SURE DIDN'T DO IT TO THE JAPANESE AMERICANS IN THE CAMPS , MY GREAT UNCLE WAS A MARINE AND FOUGHT ON IWO JIMA AND WAS WOUNDED AND LIMPED THE REST OF HIS LIFE , THERE'S A OLD CEMETERY IN BATAVIA ILLINOIS WHERE I'M FROM AND ELGIN TOO WHERE THE REST OF MY FAMILY IS FROM CHECK EM OUT IF YOU HAVE TIME , TAKE CARE RON 👌👌😁
So wrong, the whole Japanese interment camps here in the USA and all the people who went there lost everything. They are resilient so thank God they survived. RIP.
That doesn’t surprise me any America is filthy very very filthy 225 years America 5000 years Philippines who are you think has the upper hand the Philippines. I like that Tokyo Rose and I stand by my convictions🇵🇭
I shopped at her store on Belmont (North side of Chicago) all the time. Love her store. Still own a kimono I bought there. Told my father about shopping there and meeting her. He thought it was the coolest thing. Also bought dishes, a paper lamp (long gone). Told my younger brother who she was when I brought him there but he had no clue as to who I was talking about. Great video!
Where on the north side of Chicago do you live at? I used to live in the projects on Clybourn Damon and Diversey
I’ve never seen so many sinking and crooked headstones in a cemetery. Very sad.
In the nineties and early 2000 I passed by her business on Belmont near Clark street every day. I wish I had known.
How horrible that she is mistreated by both the Japanese and the Americans and had to wait 30 years for redemption.
is store still there? I remember a boy said he was related to her went to ogden elementary school with same last name ..amazing. we were there in chicago forgot to see if store was still there. amazing how they did her wrong.
Thank You for bringing honour to this precious lady.may God Rest Her Beautiful Soul.
I truly enjoy your videos, thanks for posting them.
Thank you Owen. Glad you like them. Some good ones coming up! And getting better.
Hoover's FBI...not exactly a just organization.
Not much changed today
No very dirty 😡
Not hardly!
Ikuko is her Japanese first name. It is a fairly common Japanese girlʻs first name and it means " a child that is well raised or well cared for."
New sub here. Came over from Lamont. Growing up I always were interested in the curiosity of those who passed on in the orbituaries and cemeteries and the stories their lives held. I used to think something was wrong with me for being interesting in such as a teen being different from the others. When I found Lamont I felt like I wasn't alone and now I have found your channel. Great video. Thank you
Wow! I didn't really know anything about her. Amazing she stayed true to her beliefs and did not apparently resent the treatment she got from our country. That's awful her mother died in the interment camp. Such a sad part of our history.
Every intersection should have cameras.. so that all accidents can be seen and a good camera.. Some cameras are crap. The city should buy one for all intersections.. ALL cities and towns should do this..
They say you learn something new every day, I knew about Tokyo Rose from the war movies I have watched but didnt know the history again another interesting video....Thankyou...take care Mary ..in Canada
I'm glad you make & post these video's, I enjoy seeing all the old antique looking stones from way back when. No one should ever be forgotten.
"history is truth"- you are so right, and it's good to hear in this and any context; thanks so much!
Another great one Ron! Thanks for sharing!
I just subbed from one of your previous vlogs. I had no idea Tokyo Rose was buried there!
I have immediate family not far from your area. Mt Prospect.
But I'm 1k away, in Va. Good job with your adventures! Take care and keep them coming.
Cool!!!!! 👍
I used to visit this cemetery with my grandmother quite often in the early 90’s…. I remember mostly how fond I was of walking around with her there. I’ve been to many cemeteries, but this one had an especially peaceful feeling about it. Excellent video!
Wow, what a story! I love learning about historical events, thanks for sharing!
Thank you for the background history. Always thought this was just one person!
I'm so glad to find your channel. I used to follow and be a fan of another cemetery explorer and he turned out to be a complete nutter. Keep up the good work.
I used to watch Lamont at Large. He had a lot of interesting things, but then he started adding his political views, which is his right, it’s his channel, but I also have the freedom to unsubscribe. I like this channel better. Hope Ron doesn’t start injecting political rants. I’m hooked to this channel and Mr. Ballen ( an amazing story teller). I started watching him awhile back before he hit a million subscribers. Now he has over three million subscribers ( in just a few months).
@@Darbysmommy I was talking about Lamont lol. He isn't what he seems. He is a very disturbed individual. I loved watching his channel but then discovered he had another channel. Complete night & day. He said crude things about women. Anyways you're right its his choice and my choice to unsubscribe.
Thank you so much for giving the background story of Iva. My dad served in the South Pacific so I grew up hearing of Tokyo Rose but not this part of it. Much appreciated.
It always amazes me of the breath of things our country does that we castigate other countries for doing. We couldn't even exonerate her, we had to pardon her, to save face. Keep up the great work!
I work in cemeteries every day in the DC area I haven't seen any with the kind of pictures that you show now I'm going to start looking around while I'm waiting for families to arrive whenever I go to a cemetery while I'm waiting I always try and find the oldest marker I can
MAMA SAN to me. TY for the totally, totally accurate, spot on rendering the true story of her. One of the nicest, warmest, loving, patriotic people known to the World. What better way to celebrate The Fourth of July, than at her very private Birthday Party.
So very True
I dated Iva's niece for a while and knew her very well. I even taught her and her co-worker quilt-making in my northside store. A very warm woman and I have fond memories of her. RIP, Aunt Iva.
@@RazrEdge100 oh dear. ED do we know each other. Koizumi is a familiar name. What Store❓I believe I had clients named Koizumi. My last name is Minaga. My husband is Steve. His Parents were Chico and Kay Minaga. I, also may know you from Golfing with the men's Japanese League Rainboro.
I too Quilt, now, Took it up after retiring from the Practice of Law. Small World.
@@lindaminaga2649 My partner and I had The Contemporary Quilt on Halsted and later on Clark St. in the latter '70s and early 80's. last big sewing project was making 100's of facemasks. I might not know you or your husband, personally as I'm not a golfer but I'll bet our grandparents knew all the Japanese families in Chicago. take care.
Iva Toguri owned a small shop selling Japanese goods for many years on Belmont Avenue just west of Clark st. It was there up until the 1990s.
The shop lived on (I believe managed by her son) until 2013! I had the pleasure of meeting him briefly, though at the time I had no idea of his family or the store's historical significance.
@@joeneedstosleep does the shop still exist?
@@guyseanz No, it closed in 2013.
I love the photographs on the gravestones. It humanizes the gravesites.
This is a heartbreaking story. She did not deserve to be locked up in jail. What a horrible way to find out your Mom had passed years later. Rest In Peace.
Her name is mentioned in the movie/musical "South Pacific".
I grew up right there in sauganash, the alley from the back of our house would take you to this cemetery. My stepfather was buried there 10 years ago today. Lovely area. As kids we’d always walk along the fence at night trying to scare one another.
Thankyou for sharing this amazing story❤️
Chicago is blessed with having prospered from so many giants of the last century. Your video inspires & tells of Iva's tragedy in a way few others do. Thank You. My father's WW2 Army Infantry Div. association even petitioned for her pardon. What a Lady. Class.
You are my new addiction x please keep the videos coming x very enjoyable x
Ahhh! You saw Erica's Angel! I don't recall her last name, but her name was Erica. She died about 10 years of age from cancer and her parents commissioned sculptor Lena Toritch to create a bronze statue of a guardian angel leading Erica on her way to Heaven. I think she died around 2010, but I might have it wrong. Golly, can't think of her last name either. That's annoying.
But it's a beautiful statue that's been said to have aided in her parents grieving. Google search photos show it decorated with bracelets, beads, and flowers at various times throughout the year, so they and friends visit still.
Please let the person gets justice for the way he died .as for the hit and run person .do the right thing and hand your sorry ass to the the right authorities. Hi from new Zealand .
A testament to her character is the fact that even after all this country put her through, & took from her, she still considered herself an American. I would’ve been angry, resentful, & every other negative emotion you could think of. Bless her.
love that angle statue so beautiful
What a shame, this was a horrible time in the USA. Racism went wild against Japanese people. I am happy to learn her name was cleared before she died. Speaking of names, she was probably called Iva, her middle name because, easier to say, and she was American.
@Garrison Nichols I'm not clear on what part I am mistaken on. She was an American, she finally made it back to the USA, her family was in a camp, she was denied her citizenship, on trumped up charges, and President Ford gave Citizenship back before she died. What?
@Garrison Nichols That was quite clear to everyone, I shouldn't have to retell the whole story.
And to think Japan learned its lesson and became the third most loyal ally of US, after UK and Israel.
Hard times. Thanks for sharing, Ron.
I love the pictures thank you
Thanku for these videos,very interesting.
Sir, I really like your videos. Thank you very much for your time.
I like the pics on people on they’re tombstones
That poor lady I'm sure she's finally at peace. Rest in peace.
That woman is a true American hero!
Interesting story...wrongfully accused. Unjustifiable...
Wrongfully accused of what exactly? She was fined and served a few years in prison for saying a few things about American ships destroyed in the Pacific over the air. She could have refused to do any of this stuff and served in prison in Japan instead, she took the easy path and worked with Japan. She got a light punishment for that one serious incident. Maybe she is demonized too much but she had a choice and her choice was to work with the enemy in a military capacity (mentioning the destroyed ships).
@@SpaceTravel1776 the 2 Japanese men that testified against her later admitted that they had been coerced and threatened to not only lie about her in court, but to also withhold evidence that proved she never committed treason.
Ikuko was her Japanese name. Iva was a her Amercanized name.
Great close up pictures, thank you
I'm 47 years old & grew up without cell phones of course but I couldn't imagine being stranded in a foreign country without one so it had to be absolutely terrifying for her to be stuck in Japan in a time when all you could probably do is write letters because I know if it was even possible to make a phone call to the United States from Japan then she wouldn't have been able to afford it I wouldn't think.
I really agree cause I am 61 and didn't have a mid life with cellphones, 😆
that said, you make a good point Bob!
That was a wonderful tribute
I moved to FL. about 11 years ago and that is what I hear on the news so much, hit and run over and over. One day I asked our police chief why he thought there were so many and much more in FL. than in N.Y. state. He told me it is because so many of them are uninsured and if they can't get them on the charge of leaving the scene or injuring someone they can at least get them for no insurance. Most of these people aren't man or woman enough to own up to what they did. Great video again.
Thank you I enjoyed this
How many people died from chicago fire that were forgotten
Thanks for sharing Ron. Never knew of this woman, interesting story, sad in a way. Looking forward to your next video. Take care.
I remember going in to that shop it felt like going to a foreign store miss going there and buying tea and cookies..I was wondering what ever happened to her after the shop closed miss the old Belmont stores
Thank you for telling this story. I have never heard all these details before.
Thank you so much for sharing this story!
Thank you for all your videos..I watch them just about everyday...if you are EVER in the Virginia Beach area. I would love to know..thanks again.
My great grandparents graves are just across that road. That oriental tower monument is our landmark .
Hello,🖐🏼. I find your videos informative AND interesting, especially the ones where the innocent get their justice. THEIR killers Are brought Up to get the punishment that they so rightly deserve. So many innocent lives gone At the hand's of the incompetent. Thanks again for sharing this with Us ‼️ have A great weekend ✝️🛐☮️💜🖐🏼.
Wow Carole, thank you for your notes and thoughts. You are inspiring me to do more!!!
@@FacesoftheForgotten thank you so much.the more you do, the more I'll be watching ‼️😃🖐️👍 💯💯💯💯💯♥️.
This cemetery is in such disarray. I've never seen another that you have showed that has been like it. There are so many tombstones off of their base, others crooked, still others turned at odd angles. Such a shame. Doesn't look like it is really well cared for.
My dad and a friend of mine are both burried In that cemetery
My Blessings to yous all 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💕🌹💕🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹💕💕
All the stories are Sad but Interesting too💔💐
Rest In Peace Beloved Souls” 🙏🙌❤️🇺🇸
No one was called to answer for injustice done to Iva ! She was pardoned for something was never found guilty of ! The real criminals also just lived their lives in peace and never made to pay for their crimes ! Disgusting !
Hi, I ask respectfully, Why do they put up their headstone, when they're actually still alive?? Is it a common thing to do in America?? Sorry for my ignorance, but I have never come across that before.
It’s actually a very good question. And I don’t know. It’s just an American thing maybe, I guess, where people are so afraid they’re going to be forgotten that they do it themselves before hand.
You should look at the tomb of Roland Burris, an Illinois politician at a cemetery I was just at.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/32723798/roland-wallace-burris
He built a huge monument to himself, and the epitaph was five paragraphs of all his accomplishments. Funny because I was about to include him in my video, he’s right next to Jesse Owens the famous Olympic athlete of 1939, the sprinter, and then I said “I think he’s still alive, that Roland Burris”.
And sure enough, he is--I’ve never seen anything like it.
Narcissism? Maybe, and we don’t want to just say that’s only American’s, but... 🤣😉
@@FacesoftheForgotten thank you for replying. Yes I will watch that one too.
And you are correct. I shouldn't assume that only Americans do that, I suppose it happens elsewhere as well. My apologies🙏😊
I find your videos interesting and extremely informative. I've learned so much history from just your videos, than I had during my years at school...waaay back in the day😂😂thank you again😊
@@FacesoftheForgotten I just went and looked I can’t believe that mini mansion he built for himself, and the book he put on it. Talk about tooting your own horn 📯😳🙈😂😂😂
My dads has his name on a tombstone since 1954. When his father died his mother bought a large tombstone with my grandfather’s information and went ahead and put hers and my dad’s name and bday. I know several ppl that wanted to have everything bought and set up when they passed so family wouldn’t have to do any arrangements. Everything is paid and done.
Because funerals can be very expensive in the US, some people purchase headstones and make funeral arrangements while they are still alive, so that will be one less headache that the families have to deal with after one or both family members have passed on!
The hit and run driver
1.stolen vehicle
2.no insurance
3.not registered
4.expired tags
5.was under the influence
6.had warrants
All reasons they may have fled,or had committed a crime before the hit and run
Good video's, great stories. I lived in a 1 bedroom flat next to the Metropolitan cemetery.
No spooky things happened. This was Townsville city up north of were I am now Brisbane Australia. Dutton Park cemetery is close by. Mr Sing a prolific successful sniper of ww1 is buried at DuttonPark.
Metropolitan cemetery was a section of the cemetery for non Christian burials. But it's well maintained, I think every weekend at home I saw workers.
sad story, i was born on Dec .7,1966 and two teachers diffrent years would not let me forget what a day to remember and My Mom will alway’s tell me, i was the bomb 💣 and explosions, meaning trouble i guess, thankyou for taking me along the grave site, may Jesus bless you every time you walk threw the grave sites🙏🏻✝️
Poor Iva. May she rest in peace
I suggest everyone Look up the band: ( Idle Eyes ) the song "Tokyo Rose!" The song is very beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😍
There was a rumor Yoko Ono was Tokyo Rose 🌹
Do you live in Illinois? You have alot of videos in Illinois.
yep, but spreading out little by little
I noticed in that cemetery, a lot of stones are uneven, crooked, slanting, etc. I’m not talking about the ones by the tree, disturbed by the trunk and roots. Did you notice this about this cemetery? Thank you for your video.
Yeah it’s funny you mention that, this video was shot before I got my new camera and leveling gimbal, so I had to manually keep adjusting trying to get the picture and flat level in editing -and it was so hard to tell where the horizon was because of everything tilting all over the place. You have a good eye Twyla 🙃
@@FacesoftheForgotten I spend a lot of time in them. Lol. I was wondering if it was vandalism, an earthquake, or perhaps, as we have in my area, blasts from underground mining. I had just never seen so much unevenness, as I did there.
@@SquarepegASR - Well as an architect, my guess would be soil conditions. They vary greatly here in Chicago from one area to another.
Some areas are very firm with Compact sand, and other places are more silty. The glaciers moved through here many many years ago and deposited all sorts of stuff, and in the end I’m guessing it’s all soil conditions.
I know there’s been no blasting or anything like that. It’s probably not vandalism, it’s basically most of the cemetery.
One of my earlier videos where there are hills it really is bad, runoff. th-cam.com/video/wzVwvAmC-n8/w-d-xo.html
I’m sure you’ve seen those conditions in hilly cemeteries.
@@FacesoftheForgotten That makes sense. It’s a shame that the soil condition is unstable. It will only get worse with time. When I am in cemeteries, and I see things like that, I just want to fix them. I found out years ago, I can’t. Lol. And now, at almost 60 years old, with a bad back, I definitely can’t straighten a gravestone. We had a gentleman in our area that used to restore stones. I had helped him a few times. The last time I helped him, I had found a grave with only the base to the stone and it was buried. Most people wouldn’t have noticed it, but I knew it was there. He and I went back and dug it up and replaced and leveled it. We had permission to do so, as well as probe for the grave. Sadly, he passed away from cancer not long after. No one in the community does such a thing anymore. I used to photograph for findagrave several years ago. I am hoping to do that again someday. I appreciate the work you do, and the respect you have while doing it.
@@SquarepegASR - that’s a very compelling story you reflect… Thank you for the kind words.
Interesting story and sad.
my mother use to take my brother and i into iva's store in chicago, told us the story of what happened to her. sad disgusting what the government did but glad she got cleared. what an injustice to an american citizen. shameful.
Thank you for the History lesson. telling it like us was and Is
Tokyo Rose was a beautiful lady 🙏 she was a true Patriot 🇺🇸 Typical government 🕊️ Distraction 💔
Aloha! I was witness to the prejudice that some Americans felt toward the Japanese, especially from my Mom. My Mom was 10 living in a house right on the water, on Pearl Harbor peninsula, the day that the bombings happened. She, her parents, & my uncle, all hid in the sugar cane fields for 3 days. They later stayed at my Great Uncle's home until the Army confiscated it for operations. My Mom's older Brother reported to Pearl Harbor during the bombing, but was not injured. My Mom really disliked mainland Japanese, she refused deal with them during the Real Estate boom in the 80's as she owned her own company. One day, she scattered a group of a dozen or more Japanese visitors, as they were crossing a road! I was screaming, "Mom SLOW DOWN!!! That was when I knew that she truly had a severe dislike for them, even when she was in her 60's, I personally grew up with many friends of all ethnicities here in Hawaii. I believe(besides my dearly departed Mom), Hawaii is the least prejudice state in the union. Fascinating video!!😊🤙
It’s interesting that you mention that, because when I was in my late 20s, I was at the golf course with my Dad- in the pro shop, and there were a lot of Asian men golfers, huddled together staying to themselves, of course not speaking English. Some old white guy blurted out (very loud): “Look at those JAPS”. I was kind of stunned.
The guy behind the counter said: “We don’t call them that anymore”. And that guy just shrugged.
I saw a lot of racism growing up. Even against Jews. Of course blacks. Thank God I went to an integrated high school, and my parents were not racists.
@@FacesoftheForgotten Aloha F.O.T.F.! Here in Hawaii, we're what we call "mixed plate" I went to school with every ethnicity, and (strange but true), in Hawaii in the 60's & 70's, "haoles" pronounced "howl- Lees"(white people) were actually the minority, and were picked on in school,(not so much these days, thank goodness).Other than the Japanese racism, my Mom had friends of all ethnicities, as I do, including the Japanese!😊
Montrose Cemetary was the only cemetery that accepted the burial of people of Japanese decent for a long time. There is a dedicated space within the cemetery for them.
Interesting Darlene, never knew that. Ty.
R.I.P. beautiful lady very interesting story her birthday and name and all
Sometimes, people commit hit and run because they don't have insurance or a driving licence, but in most cases, they just don't want to face justice.
How did Iva end up in Chicago
Ron, i know you dont have time to look up the story of every last person you show us, but I was wondering what happened to the beautiful Janett Flores? Shes so young Ty
Any science-like ideas about the "breathing" ground thing. Creepy
Can you look for the grave site of the medical student murdered around the Univ. of Illinois at Chicago by a group of teens . It was a crime that touched everyone's heart .
Which one was that about? Name?
Hey I can’t find your other comment here, I could view it but it doesn’t show up, weird technical issue with You Tube, but anyway, on me not getting hurt. Well, all I can say is I’ve made it this far I still have a few of my nine lives left I think, twice I was almost killed by polar bear who was stalking me in the Arctic on my bushplane search for the Franklin expedition for 15 years bushpilotdhc.blogspot.com/
And then a little over three years ago I was almost killed in a plane accident, a vintage torpedo bomber that I had bought flying back with a crew-mate, exploded over the White Mountains of Arizona we had a parachute and survive and get out of the wilderness. www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ww2-airplane-crash-chicago-man-jumps-out/149721/%3famp
But that would be terrible if I fell through and got killed -after all I’ve been through, to be killed in a mausoleum accident ha ha Ha!
I really don't remember her name . This happened more than 30 yrs ago . Those days there was a way females drivers were getting robbed while waiting for the green light . A guy would brake the passenger side window with a rock or other object and grabbed the woman's purse . There was even a name for this kind of robbery . The young medical student was driving down the street by the University , I think at night . She was found dead the next day near the Univ. in an area known as " the yards" or something like that , close to the Univ. . Days later a teen confessed to the police that he and I think four other teens saw her by herself at her car waiting for the light to change . Not only did they brake her window , but also kidnapned her . Took her to the "Yards" and all of them took turns to rape her . According to the teen that confessed to the police , one of them picked up a big rock and hit her head with it and they left her there . The police said that her skull had been crushed . I think that with this account somebody will be able to give you more info . Thank you for replying .
@@FacesoftheForgotten You dying in a Mausoleum !! Can you imaging years later a father telling his son : You see that cemetery ? The body of a famous guy that used to visit different cemeteries is there . Son--Really ? Can we go visit his grave site ? Dad--No , we can't . Son -- But why ? Dad -- Well... you see... everybody knows his body is somewhere in there , but since he had the habit of walking on top of old deteriorating Mausoleums , for sure he fell in one of them . We just don't know WHICH ONE !! Have a nice day .
@@southernplayero189 that's a horrible thing to say.Why will you wish that for Ron?
People might be passed at my comment but here goes: Iva was far more loyal to the United States than the United States was to her, or, frankly in her case more than the US deserved. She was a kind, big-hearted woman.
Interesting story!
How nice that the government she refused to denounce then turned on her. God bless America.
It's a sad story the way the US authorities treated her. She refused to renounce her American citizenship despite pressure from the Japanese, which made her an enemy alien and would have made things very difficult during wartime. She smuggled food and medical supplies to malnourished Allied prisoners, and would have been in big trouble if she was caught. It's crazy how anyone could have thought she was a traitor, she deserved a medal not jail and losing her US citizenship. I admire her stoicism and that she didn't let it leave her bitter and defeated. RIP Iva.
Agree!!!!
My father bought a Go board from her at her store in Chicago!
how cool!
What a Story. May She Rest In Peace.
So sad for steven 💔
Very strong woman. Wish I could say the same. But she has also seen some pain. Hope she's smiling, she's here and we now thanks to Ron will always no who she was as a beautiful very strong woman. As alwa🌼💖💖💖💖💖ys. Pj.
Wow RIP Beautiful Angel 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
A SHAME SHE HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT AND HER FAMILY TOO , I SURE HOPE THEY APOLOGIZED TO HER , THEY SURE DIDN'T DO IT TO THE JAPANESE AMERICANS IN THE CAMPS , MY GREAT UNCLE WAS A MARINE AND FOUGHT ON IWO JIMA AND WAS WOUNDED AND LIMPED THE REST OF HIS LIFE , THERE'S A OLD CEMETERY IN BATAVIA ILLINOIS WHERE I'M FROM AND ELGIN TOO WHERE THE REST OF MY FAMILY IS FROM CHECK EM OUT IF YOU HAVE TIME , TAKE CARE RON 👌👌😁
Charlee Rae I watch Lamont all the time. Great guy.
So wrong, the whole Japanese interment camps here in the USA and all the people who went there lost everything. They are resilient so thank God they survived. RIP.
Charles cousins was an Australian pow, th rest is all correct, just thought I'd make a minor correction, love your channel btw
I had heard aboutt Toyoko Rose, but didn't know her real ! I've story, until now! Sad, but interesting story, she's a real American patriot
Ikuko is apparently her real first name (a Japanese woman's name). Iva seems to be her middle name.
That doesn’t surprise me any America is filthy very very filthy 225 years America 5000 years Philippines who are you think has the upper hand the Philippines. I like that Tokyo Rose and I stand by my convictions🇵🇭
RIP Iva Toguri