but it was also weaponized against her. >> in 1942, marilyn's life changes overnight. >> when marilyn was just past her 16th birthday she got married to a neighbor named jim dougherty who she barely knew. >> it was the idea of heea of hr mother, grace. >> grace arranged it, she and her husband were going to west virginia and they were going to put me in a home or i can marry this boy who is 21. >> she was a pragmatist. she had lived a difficult life, and that makes you a pragmatist. you look in front of you, these are my options, that looks like the best one, i'll take that one. >> marilyn doesn't have much time to get to know her new husband. >> the die is cast, america is at war. >> jim enlists in the marines and is sent to the south pacific.