By July of 1953, most of the fighting in the Korean War was over. Yet many thousands of US service members remained on duty in this explosive war zone.
The following February, Marilyn Monroe married the baseball giant Joe DiMaggio. The couple honeymooned in Japan and, while there, made a brief visit to South Korea. The patriotic Monroe visited about 100,000 troops at ten shows over four days in her official capacity of a United Service Organizations volunteer.
Pictured above is her official registration card with the Department of Defense, using her legal name of Norma Jean DiMaggio. It sold at auction several years ago for $31,250.
-via Book of Joe