Marilyn Monroe in Korea. God Bless Her Soul!
Marilyn Monroe in Korea. God Bless Her Soul!
The “experts” say that Marilyn Monroe was never in Korea.
That’s what some web sites say.
That’s what an expert from Antique Road Show said.
The men of the 17th Regimental Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, say that is baloney.
She was there with Danny Kaye very close to the line. I’ve tried to find on the Internet about Danny Kaye’s visit to Korea, but I got nowhere. Yet he was there too.
I don’t remember exactly when they, Danny and Marilyn, were there but it was in the spring of 1952. As I remember, some of us came down from the line to see the show so that would definitely be in the spring of 1952.
Anyway, she was there. I was there.
I now have a picture of her in Korea right where we were taken from the 17th Infantry Regimental Combat Team’s publication The Buffalo Bugle. I’m going to put this picture on my web site www.tjbooks.com with my other Korean War pics.
In the background you can see some hills. Those hills were being strafed by our air power just before the show started. That is how close Marilyn was to the line.
We were told that Danny Kaye went up on the line and had some fun directing our artillery. I can believe it. I don’t think it would have spread through <a href=”http://ri
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