--- title: America's 'First Korean War Bride' Comes Home description: Recalling a wartime story that, at its heart, is less about warfare than about the simple, indomitable power of love canonical: https://time.com/3576662/americas-first-korean-war-bride-comes-home/ author: Ben Cosgrove article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-01T19:00:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:42:47.274Z og:title: America's 'First Korean War Bride' Comes Home og:description: Recalling a wartime story that, at its heart, is less about warfare than about the simple, indomitable power of love og:url: https://time.com/3576662/americas-first-korean-war-bride-comes-home/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7fbb1af1161e18e/6987680ee53abad9944d5d4e/141110-wayne-miller-korean-bride-06.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1698 og:image:height: 955 og:image:alt: Korean War Bride by Wayne Miller og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: America's 'First Korean War Bride' Comes Home twitter:description: Recalling a wartime story that, at its heart, is less about warfare than about the simple, indomitable power of love twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7fbb1af1161e18e/6987680ee53abad9944d5d4e/141110-wayne-miller-korean-bride-06.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # America's 'First Korean War Bride' Comes Home > Sponsored content. 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Wayne Miller—Magnum by [Ben Cosgrove](https://time.com/author/ben-cosgrove/) ## Ben Cosgrove Dec 1, 2014 7:00 PM UTC Occasionally, when working with the seemingly boundless treasure that is the LIFE magazine archive, one comes across series of pictures, or long-forgotten articles, that clearly and undeniably capture something telling about their own time — while casting an unexpected light on our own imperfect era. Such is the case with [Wayne Miller’s](http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31%5F9%5FVForm&ERID=24KL534NBZ) marvelous photographs — and, perhaps especially, with the sympathetic text — from an article that ran in LIFE in November 1951\. Titled “A War Bride Named ‘Blue’ Comes Home,” the two-page feature captured the scene when a woman LIFE dubbed “the first Korean war bride to arrive in America” and her husband, Sgt. Johnie Morgan, landed in Seattle, where Johnie’s mom and dad were anxiously waiting to see their son and meet their new daughter-in-law. In LIFE’s words, “As the troop transport _General M. M. Patrick_ pulled into Seattle’s harbor, the band on the dock loudly struck up _Here Comes the Bride_.” --- > “” --- Seven decades later, as Americans spend Veterans Day honoring those who served — with parades and with other, quieter remembrances — it’s also fitting that we take a moment and recall a wartime story that, at its heart, is less about warfare than about the simple, indomitable power of love. [\[See more of Wayne Miller’s work at Magnumphotos.com\]](http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31%5F10%5FVForm&ERID=24KL534NBZ)  Caption from LIFE: "Homecoming kiss squeezes Blue between Johnie and his Mother." Wayne Miller—Magnum  Sgt. Johnie Morgan arrives in Seattle with his wife, "Blue," 1951. Wayne Miller—Magnum  Caption from LIFE: "Johnie's parents wave a sign with Johnie's name misspelled. Father, who works in Navy Yard, took day off to greet Johnie and Blue." Wayne Miller—Magnum  The "first Korean war bride in America," "Blue" Morgan -- born Lee Yong Soon -- in Seattle, 1951. Wayne Miller—Magnum  Caption from LIFE: "Eating dinner, family sits at a table in the kitchen. Before meal was over, Blue overcame shyness, began correcting Johnie's manners." Wayne Miller—Magnum  Sgt. Johnie Morgan in Seattle with his wife, "Blue," 1951. Wayne Miller—Magnum  Sgt. Johnie Morgan in Seattle with his wife, "Blue," 1951. 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