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Marilyn Monroe Entertains the Troops in Korea

Marilyn Monroe Entertains the Troops in Korea

On the request of a U.S. Army general, Monroe left her honeymoon to thrill American G.I.s in Korea. "You've never heard such cheering," she later told DiMaggio. (His reply: "Yes I have.")

In this photo: Marilyn Monroe

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Feb 17, 1954