For Oldsmar florist Sunday Page and her three children, Memorial Day isn’t always an easy day.

“It’s horrible- you know everybody out there celebrating and I tell you what, we don’t,” Sunday said.

But instead, she goes back to Life magazine 1950’s Christmas edition. On the cover, a freckled face army soldier layered with a dead soldier’s clothes to stay warm in the midst of Korea’s hottest battle grounds.

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That soldier is Sunday’s husband, Haden Page, and risking his life at the time was his only means of living.

“He was trying to get out of poverty so he thought if he joined the Army, at least he would get to eat and have clothes,” said Sunday.

Sunday said Haden lied about his age and joined the Army at 15 years old.

His gaze into the unknown captured by war photographer David Duncan would later become the face of the Korean War.

“They were freezing to death. They had no ammunition, they were so limited that they didn’t think they would survive,” said Sunday.

And while for years everyone knew the face, only a few knew the name, including Sunday.

After Haden passed in the 70s, Sunday received his Korean War medals, a certificate of appreciation signed by Richard Nixon and a surprising phone call.

“His sister called me and said Sunday you want to see that picture that we were always talking about, she said it’s in the newspaper,” said Sunday.

Sunday said Haden, who was killed by a drunk driver at 38 years-old, never spoke much of the iconic picture.

“I feel proud of him, but you know I feel so bad for him that he never got to see the good life. He missed it all,’ said Sunday.

“After her husband passed, Sunday wanted to do something to honor his memory and tell his story. So she grabbed a paper and a pen and began writing a screenplay that she hopes one day would make it to the big screen. She gave it the name: Give Me Tomorrow.

Another day to live was Haden’s only wish during the Korean War.

“The photographer asked him what he wanted for Christmas and he [said] tomorrow,” Sunday said.

Sunday Page is now currently in search of a Hollywood producer who would help turn her screenplay into a movie.

Haden Page never got to see any of his children grow. He died four months before his third child was due.