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December 24, 1946
The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
What is this article about?
Mildred Gillars (Axis Sally) and two other Americans who broadcast for Nazis during WWII are released from U.S. Army prison by Justice Department order, with no charges pending.
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AXIS SALLY IS SET FREE
The American girl known to thousands of GI's as Axis Sally has been released from a United States army prison.
Her real name is Mildred Gillars, and she used to live in Portland Maine. During the war, she sang over the Nazi radio—the voice heard by tired and battle-weary American soldiers as they fought their way across North Africa and into Europe.
"You haven't got a chance," she used to tell them.
But the Americans did have a chance, and they stormed into Germany and Axis Sally was arrested.
Now she is getting her freedom.
The order came from the Justice Department, at whose request she had been held by the Army.
Also given their freedom were two other Americans who broadcast for the Nazis—Minnesota-born Herbert Burgman, once a clerk in the American embassy at Berlin, and Donald Day, former correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.
No charges are pending against any of the three.
The American girl known to thousands of GI's as Axis Sally has been released from a United States army prison.
Her real name is Mildred Gillars, and she used to live in Portland Maine. During the war, she sang over the Nazi radio—the voice heard by tired and battle-weary American soldiers as they fought their way across North Africa and into Europe.
"You haven't got a chance," she used to tell them.
But the Americans did have a chance, and they stormed into Germany and Axis Sally was arrested.
Now she is getting her freedom.
The order came from the Justice Department, at whose request she had been held by the Army.
Also given their freedom were two other Americans who broadcast for the Nazis—Minnesota-born Herbert Burgman, once a clerk in the American embassy at Berlin, and Donald Day, former correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.
No charges are pending against any of the three.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Justice
Fortune Reversal
What keywords are associated?
Axis Sally
Mildred Gillars
Nazi Broadcast
Prison Release
Wwii Propaganda
What entities or persons were involved?
Mildred Gillars
Herbert Burgman
Donald Day
Where did it happen?
United States Army Prison
Story Details
Key Persons
Mildred Gillars
Herbert Burgman
Donald Day
Location
United States Army Prison
Event Date
Post World War Ii
Story Details
Mildred Gillars, known as Axis Sally, broadcast Nazi propaganda to American soldiers during WWII but was arrested after the Allies entered Germany. She and two other American Nazi broadcasters, Herbert Burgman and Donald Day, were released from prison by order of the Justice Department with no charges pending.