11/10/2023
In honor of Veterans Day, Marilyn Monroe recalls the time she changed her Honeymoon plans with Joe DiMaggio to visit troops in Korea. Excerpted from Monroe's autobiography, "My Story."
"Japan turned out to be another country I never saw. An Army officer came up to our seat in the airplane as we were approaching Japan. He was General Christenberry. After introducing himself, he asked, "How would you like to entertain the soldiers in Korea?"
"I'd like to," my husband answered, "but I don't think I'll have time this trip."
"I wasn't asking you," the General said. "My inquiry was directed at your wife."
"She can do anything she wants," said Joe. "It's her honeymoon."
He grinned at me and added, "Go ahead."
Joe stayed in Tokyo, and I went to Korea. My first stop was in a hospital full of wounded soldiers."