Marilyn Monroe Visiting Injured Troops in 1954
Actress Marilyn Monroe famously took time out of her honeymoon with Joe DiMaggio in 1954 to visit the troops in Korea. From 1950 to 1953, the United States was in the midst of the Korean War. But even after the war was over, there were still plenty of US troops stationed in Seoul as part of the UN occupation force. Originally, Joe and Marilyn were headed to Japan for their honeymoon.
But when they ran into Major General Charles W. Christenberry on the flight, they were invited to stop by Korea to entertain the troops. While Joe DiMaggio was busy in Japan preparing for his baseball career, Marilyn went on her own to say “thank you” to the troops. In this photograph, she is talking to a man who had broken his back, and needed to heal while facing down.
