David Conover (June 26, 1919 – December 21, 1983) was an

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and

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who is credited with discovering

Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe (; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 4 August 1962) was an American actress. Famous for playing comedic " blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as wel ...

while taking photos for '' Yank'' magazine. While attached to the U.S. Army Air Forces'

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, his commanding officer was future

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Ronald Reagan, who had sent Conover to the Radioplane Munitions Factory where he discovered Monroe. His published writings include: *''Once Upon an Island'' Publisher: San Juan Publishing (November 2003) *''

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'': Volume 74 - Summer 1968 Publisher: Reader's Digest (1968) *''Best Sellers from

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Condensed Books'' - 1970 *'' One Man's Island'' Publisher: General Pub. Co (1971) *'' Sitting on a Salt Spring'' Publisher: Paper Jacks (1978) *'' Finding Marilyn: A Romance'' Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap (1981)

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