Where can you find primary source material on Axis Sally-Mildred Gillars?

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There's a lot of information about Axis Sally on the web. Have you tried there? Sally was born Milderd Sisk in Portland, Maine. Her mother re-married a guy by the name of Gillars and Mildred picked up his last name. I never had the opportunity to listen to Axis Sally's European broadcasts -- but I listened a lot to Tokyo Rose in the Pacific Ocean area. They both operated within the same radio format. I would guess the GI's in Europe felt the same way about Sally's programs as the guys in the Pacific felt about Tokyo Rose's. Everyone that could receive Tokyo Rose's broadcasts listened to her off and on during the war. I was never aware of any ban on the part of the American military or government prohibiting GI's from listening to her. Often she was piped throughout a ship, or a barracks so everybody could listen. She played a large selection of the popular American music of the time that everyone really enjoyed listening to. Everybody found her Propaganda talk rather amusing -- just so much "trash talk"! (Although there was no such expression in those days). Sometimes it was amazing how much real military information she was able to pass along -- amazing .... but nobody paid much atention to it. Cetainly didn't frighten anyone.