In April 1944, Dougherty was posted to the South Pacific, and Baker moved back to Van Nuys, where she was noticed by the photographer David Conover. She later signed a contract with the "Blue Book Model agency" and 20th Century Fox, who stipulated that she must be unmarried. Therefore, Baker divorced Dougherty in 1946. He received the divorce papers while on the Yangtze and dismissed her ambitions. However, he followed her career as the actress Marilyn Monroe, and after her death he appeared on the CBS show "To Tell The Truth" and gave numerous interviews. He commented in 2002: