 Tokyo Rose gave sentimental broadcasts, designed to arouse homesickness.She would also taunt the troops as suckers, with the prospect of their wives and sweethearts taking up with new men while they fought.There were also broadcasts of prisoners of war speaking on the radio, to assure that they were being treated well; these were sandwiched between news reports of varying lengths, so that the entire broadcast had to be heard to be sure of hearing the prisoner.