Rare Facts You Never Knew About Marilyn Monroe

Modeling Work

In the spring of 1944, Norma's husband shipped out to the Pacific where he would serve for the next two years. In the meantime, Norma moved in with her parents-in-law and took on her first job working in a factory for the Radioplane Company. That same year she met David Conover, a photographer who worked for the Army Air Forces' First Motion Picture Unit.

The More You Know

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