People, Mar. 1, 1954

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Sauntering across Korea, preceded and pursued by wolf cries from U.S. troops, Cinemactress Marilyn Monroe appeared on open-air stages in a skin-tight purple cocktail dress. She talked some and sang a bit before a microphone, but mostly she just showed off her unspoken lines. Results: stampedes of G.I.s tried to overrun cordons of military police; one amateur soldier-talent show haplessly billed ahead of Marilyn's appearance was stoned. Once, Marilyn had to take off by jeep from some 6,000 ill-disciplined troops who rushed the stage....

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