Eisenstaedt never asked the nurse or sailor for their names, and the iconic image had unidentified subjects for years. In 1980, Los Angeles schoolteacher Edith Shain reached out to Life magazine to claim she was the woman in the photo. Eisenstaedt flew out to meet her and confirmed the she was the iconic nurse. A number of men claimed to be the sailor, but McDuffie's account was confirmed in 2007 by a forensic specialist.
McDuffie went on to be a semi-professional basketball player and worked as a mail carrier. He will be buried at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, the AP reported.
1 posted on
03/15/2014 5:27:09 PM PDT by
lbryce
To: Kathy in Alaska
Ping for your “burial at sea” photo.
2 posted on
03/15/2014 5:30:39 PM PDT by
lightman
(O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
To: lbryce
This is about the third one of them that has died in the past few years, isn't it?
3 posted on
03/15/2014 5:34:28 PM PDT by
E. Pluribus Unum
(If Barack Hussein Obama entertains a thought that he does not verbalize, is it still a lie?)
To: lbryce
OK, at 18 in August, just how long had he been in service? And did he ever get out of US at all?
God bless.
4 posted on
03/15/2014 5:35:10 PM PDT by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: lbryce
This iconic photo always makes me remember the classic photoshop of John Kerry kissing his wife. It was created by Dead, and is hilarious!
7 posted on
03/15/2014 5:52:16 PM PDT by
Freestate316
(Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
To: lbryce
Lucky Bastuhd...
Rest in Peace, Good Man...
10 posted on
03/15/2014 7:04:18 PM PDT by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: lbryce
If he did it today he would be charged with sexual harassment...
To: lbryce
Having just exited a New York subway station at Times Square, McDuffie, a sailor, heard the news, grabbed a nurse and kissed her.
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Back when NYC was full of patriots who were proud of our military and the USofA.
13 posted on
03/15/2014 7:54:26 PM PDT by
Jane Long
(While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)
To: lbryce
The girl just above the "kissing sailor's" right elbow, is the sailor's future wife, Rita Petrie.
The sailor, George Mendonca, and Rita, had just exited a movie theatre upon hearing the news of the war's end.
There were several other kisses - between guys (service members) and gals - and there were 2 photographers present, U.S. Navy photographer, Victor Jorgensen, and contract photographer, Alfred Eisenstaedt. Each man took photographs of the scene.
Alfred Eisenstaedt later recalled seeing a sailor kissing several women, but Eisenstaedt had turned away from that observation/perspective for a bit ... and when he turned back, he saw George Mendonca grab and kiss the nurse (see note/link below).
The fact that Rita [later to be Mrs. Mendonca] is in the picture, tends to challenge the other sailor candidates.
Mendonca has sometimes been spelled Mendonsa.
CBS New story about the couple; 2012
14 posted on
03/15/2014 7:54:35 PM PDT by
First_Salute
(May God save our democratic-republican government, from a government by judiciary.)
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