3rd Division airstrip, South Korea, Feb. 18, 1954: Actress Marilyn Monroe poses with Pfc. John Fenesy of Caldwell, N.J., 3rd Division air section, left, and Cpl. Dick Armstrong of Williston Park, N.Y., 13th Helicopter Company at the 3rd Division (“Rock of the Marne”) airstrip Feb. 18, 1954. Armstrong was the crew chief on the helicopter that brought the star to her show, which drew thousands of service members.

The blond bombshell accompanied her husband Joe DiMaggio as he flew to Japan to assist the Japan Central League start training for the 1954 season, but Mrs. Joe DiMaggio detoured with a jaunt to South Korea to entertain the troops.

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