Woman in iconic WWII Times Square kiss photo dies at 92 - News Summed Up

Woman in iconic WWII Times Square kiss photo dies at 92


The woman who was kissed by an ecstatic sailor in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died at the age of 92. Friedman was a 21-year-old dental assistant in a nurse's uniform on Aug. 14, 1945, known as V-J Day, the day the Japanese surrendered. The photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt is called "V-J Day in Times Square" but is known to most the world over as simply, "The Kiss." "It wasn't that much of a kiss," Friedman said in an interview with the Veterans History Project in 2005. Both of Friedman's parents died in the Holocaust, according to Lawrence Verria, co-author of "The Kissing Sailor: The Mystery Behind the Photo that Ended World War II."


Source: Fox News September 10, 2016 18:56 UTC



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