SHMARILYN MONROE:
SHE MADE MANY SOLDIERS HAPPY DURING THE KOREAN WAR
LET ALL OF US REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED FOR OUR COUNTRY & CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM ...
In February 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were newlyweds, on a
trip in Japan, when the bride took a detour to Korea to entertain the
troops. She performed ten shows in four days, in front of audiences
that totaled more than 100,000 soldiers and marines. Later Monroe
recalled that the trip "was the best thing that ever happened to me. I
never felt like a star before in my heart. It was so wonderful to look
down and see a fellow smiling at me."
One of those fellows, Hospitalman 2nd class David Geary, a navy medic,
brought his new Argus camera to a concert. As Geary hunted for a seat,
someone spotted his Red Cross armband. 
"Suddenly a voice says, 'Hey doc, c'mere,' and I ended up in the second
row, with a beautiful angle onto the stage." Though many photographs
of this concert survive, this view is suprisingly rare, for Geary was
not a professional photographer or a journalist. His portraits allow us
to see Monroe through the eyes of everyday people who made her feel
like a star.
"Suddenly a voice says, 'Hey doc, c'mere,' and I ended up in the second
row, with a beautiful angle onto the stage." Though many photographs
of this concert survive, this view is suprisingly rare, for Geary was
not a professional photographer or a journalist. His portraits allow us
to see Monroe through the eyes of everyday people who made her feel
like a star.
sidebar: Marilyn got pneumonia after this concert because it was so cold
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