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1944

Norma Jeane wrote to her half-sister Berniece, in February, hoping she would be able to visit her along with

her husband Paris () and their child Mona Rae  (,,).

In Spring, they left Catalina island.
Jim was sent on duty in the Asian South-East and Pacific area and embarked on the "Julia S.DuMont" in the direction of Australia.

 Norma Jeane settled with her mother-in-law Ethel () at 5254 Hermitage Street,

North Hollywood ().

Ethel worked at the Radio Plane Munitions Factory, a company that produced target-planes.
During the war, there were thousands jobs for women.
 
Tuesday, April 18, Norma Jeane was employed at the Radio Plane.  First in the doper-brush room, where she

earned $20 a week for 10 hours day-work (,).

Picnic with her colleagues at the Balboa Park ,,,

Thursday, June 15, she wrote to Grace Goddard ()().

In Fall she travelled to Detroit, Illinois where she stayed at her half-sister's home (,,

,). They visited the Jack Miner Birds Sanctuary in Kingsville, Ontario (,

).


She also visited Grace and Ervin Goddard who lived in Chicago at that time. She sent a postcard to Berniece

().

Back to California, she got back to work at the Radio Plane; her new job was to check and fold parachutes.

A group of photographers from the Army First Motion Picture Unit came to the company. Caporal David Conover

() had to make movies and pictures showing that the most beautiful women of the country were fervent patriots.

In was during this occasion that Norma Jeane was put in the spotlight (,,,

).

Sunday, December 3, she wrote to Grace ().

Jim was back home for the Christmas and New Year ().

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