Yong Soon "Blue" Morgan, believed to be the first Korean…
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Yong Soon "Blue" Morgan, believed to be the first Korean war bride to be brought back to the US, sits with her husband Sgt. Johnie Morgan and his parents for what was likely one of her first meals stateside, 1951. Photo by LIFE Magazine.
According to the publication, Johnie and Blue as she was affectionately known actually met in South Korea in the months before the war on the peninsula broke out while she was working in Seoul with US Army personnel on communications matters. In the immediate chaos after the Communist North Korean army invaded on June 25, 1950, Johnie and Blue were separated and his unit was forced to withdraw over 200 miles to the Pusan Perimeter area (where the UN forces held out until the tide of the war could later be turned with the Inchon Landings). Over the next several weeks, Blue like countless other displaced South Koreans began a grueling journey southward, mostly on foot, and remarkably found Johnie's location. After months of lobbying and appeals, they received permission to wed from the US Army and actually married on Valentine's Day (and if that isn't amazing enough, it was also her birthday).
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According to the publication, Johnie and Blue as she was affectionately known actually met in South Korea in the months before the war on the peninsula broke out while she was working in Seoul with US Army personnel on communications matters. In the immediate chaos after the Communist North Korean army invaded on June 25, 1950, Johnie and Blue were separated and his unit was forced to withdraw over 200 miles to the Pusan Perimeter area (where the UN forces held out until the tide of the war could later be turned with the Inchon Landings). Over the next several weeks, Blue like countless other displaced South Koreans began a grueling journey southward, mostly on foot, and remarkably found Johnie's location. After months of lobbying and appeals, they received permission to wed from the US Army and actually married on Valentine's Day (and if that isn't amazing enough, it was also her birthday).
#history
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