While DiMaggio attended to his baseball clinics, Monroe took a solo detour to the Korean peninsula, which had been recently divided by the armistice which ended the Korean War the previous year.
Over the course of four days, Monroe took a whirlwind tour of American military bases, putting on 10 shows for an estimated 100,000 very excited servicemen.
The tour was a welcome respite from Monroe’s tense relationship with her new husband, whose jealousy and controlling behaviour would contribute to their divorce just eight months later.
In January 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe
In January 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe
In January 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe
In January 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe
In January 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe
In January 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe
In January 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe
In January 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe
In January 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe
In January 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe
In January 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe
In January 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe
In January 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe
In January 1954, Marilyn Monroe and Joe