Marilyn Monroe in Seoul, 1954

Marilyn Monroe in Seoul, 1954

Whoops of joy filled the air as Marilyn Monroe waves an exuberant hello (upper left) as she prepares to debark from the plane that carried her to Seoul.

Whoops of joy filled the air as Marilyn Monroe waves an exuberant hello (upper left) as she prepares to debark from the plane that carried her to Seoul. Professionals and non-professionals snapped cameras fast and furiously when the blond heatwave struck the shimmering pose in the upper right photo. Later throngs of troops with pounding hearts watched as the platinum bombshell (lower) began to whirl away to the 7th Div. on her first chopper ride.

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