There was a whole article in the N.Y. Post,nine years ago, which we get a hard copy of, so that answered where I had originally read about it. It's really a VERY interesting story and if you type in THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE ICONIC V-J DAY SAILOR AND NURSE SMOOCH, in whatever search engine you use, you can read the whole article.
And yes, he did NOT know the girl he kissed; however, the story about it/how it happened is a VERY emotional and romantic one....with a twist! :-)
Do you know who you were listening to on a NYC radio station? Whoever it was has a LOUSY research department!
Yes, the disgusting woman who wrote so nastily about it, is probably some lonely shrew who just hates men; all men, living and dead.
Thanks! Love your tag name..... being descended from “unreconstructed” long line, some of whom went to Mexico after the civil war (the War Between the States— we have one now, and it really will be a civil war- just what the chicoms and russians would love- divide us).