Not to mention alternate universes.
Posted on 08/09/2010 12:46:14 PM PDT by NEWwoman
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August 14, 1945 in New York City was a magical moment - a confluence of history, a place, and everyday people. Soldiers were returning home from an intense four years of fighting when President Truman announced Victory in Japan (VJ Day) - the end of the American involvement in World War II.
In Times Square, the sailors paraded in joy for they had won! On the street, civilians came out to the streets from their shops, the hospitals, to savor this moment of victory. Then a sailor, caught up in the passion, kissed a surprised young nurse, who was stopped in mid stride as two photographers, Lt. Jorgenson, an American sailor, and Alfred Eisenstaedt, a German-American photojournalist for LIFE magazine, snapped this spontaneous moment.
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God bless our troops!
How many guys claimed to have been that sailor over the years?
There’s a giant sized statue of the kiss in Sarasota. It must be 16 feet tall? Not sure. Very popular picture taking spot.
yeah I am one of those that really doesn’t like that statue nor most of the art along the waterway there. I will admit that is the nicest of the pieces usually found along there but it just too big for that area of traffic.
There are better locations for that to be appreciated.
And what does that say of the nurse if they were all legit? ;-)
Wow, I was way off. 26 feet tall.
http://www.squidoo.com/unconditionalsurrender
Of course those who were wise knew that it was just a temporary peace...five years later there we were in Korea.
Not to mention alternate universes.
There was an article on FR recently about the lady in the kiss passing away.
IIRC it was about six. The found out which one it actually was by asking them what he told her: nothing, he just walked up to her, kissed her and walked off.
Yes, clicking on the Keyword “kiss” just above Reply #1 brings up a list...it’s the seventh article listed.
Yeh. Little did this lady know the kiss on that day would make her an icon.
There is one in San Diego next to the USS Midway.
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=27774
25 feet for the one in San Diego. Same artist...
Casual internet browsing ... I saw two. But some other responders say six. It would have been nice if she got the sailors name. :)
Casual internet browsing ... I saw two. But some other responders say six. It would have been nice if she got the sailors name. :)
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