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#BettyGrable of St. Louis, a platinum blond, blue-eyed Hollywood starlet had legs that inspired American soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines. Betty represented the flesh-and-blood “girl back home."

Frank Powlony was taking publicity pictures of the actress for the 1943 film Sweet Rosie O’Grady when she agreed to a “back shot.” The studio turned the coy pose into one of the earliest pinups, and soon troops were requesting 50,000 copies every month.