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South Korea, February, 1954: To help Marilyn Monroe get to the stage at Grenadier Theater through the crowd of 40th Division soldiers, Col. John G. Kelly, 160th Infantry Regiment commander, gave the visiting actress a ride in a tank. Monroe would've celebrated her 94th birthday on June 1, 2020.

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