The Marilyn we never knew: Looking back on Monroe in her centenary year
In 1944, Norma Jeane Dougherty’s husband James was shipped out to World War II’s Pacific theatre. Norma Jeane, like so many soldier wives, moved in with her in-laws and went to work at the Radio Plane factory. The Radio Plane Company manufactured small radio-controlled airplanes that Army gunners used for target practice. Dougherty’s mother was…