Axis Sally graduates from Ohio Wesleyan University
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars known as Axis Sally, 72, a former radio propaganda announcer in World War II and treason convict, completed her degree in speech at Ohio Wesleyan University. She resumed classwork after 12 years in prison, receiving her diploma from President Tom Wenzlau as the crowd largely did not know her true identity.
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Mildred Elizabeth Gillars
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Axis Sally: Gillars' wartime broadcasts and treason conviction
Miss Gillars, once a dancing school student in Ohio, became Axis Sally after broadcasting for Europa Sender from Germany during World War II. She was apprehended in 1946, convicted of treason in 1949, and served 12 years at Alderson Federal Reformatory.
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