Marilyn Monroe entertaining the US troops in Korea, 1954.
There was a tradition of stars visiting the troops in Korea to help raise morale and Marilyn was more than happy to be amongst them. However other people, bigger stars, like Bob Hope flew in did their ‘turn’ and flew out almost immediately after Marilyn decided to stay for four days! FOUR DAYS?! Touring sights and precious near the front line at times, it is believed she was seen by over 100,000 men
She signed autographs and ate with the serving men even changing from her dresses into army combat fatigues which went down extremely well as you might well imagine! Most of the men had little cameras and the visit was a roaring success with most enlisted men having snapshots of the star that they would treasure for ever
(It has been suggested that for her performance she wore no underwear, I couldn’t possibly comment!) . . . . . . but we can dream. It is said she worried about what to wear and it was freezing cold and as you can just about see it would rain!. When cautioned about discarding her heavy coat she is believed to have said “But this is what the boys want to see!"
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Note: update on Bob Hope!
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