Ohhhh, that’s was when America was America.
“George Mendonsa and Greta Zimmer Friedman — identified as the kissing couple by “The Kissing Sailor,” a book published this year by the U.S. Naval Institute — called the moment an act of unbridled celebration.
“I can’t think of anybody who considered that as an assault,” said Friedman, who exchanges Christmas cards with Mendonsa every year and has appeared with him at several reunion events. “It was a happy event.””
Oh no.
“Happy memories: Rita Mendonsa says she has never been angry that George kissed another woman on their first date - pointing out that she can been seen grinning behind the kissing couple. George and Rita, now married for 66 years, are pictured here at the Rhode Island home”
God Bless Greta and God Bless America...please.
She had a good, long run. God Bless America.
RIP to a gracious lady.
That would be sexual assault today.
We were still doing that in Times Square in the late 1980’s
If I could time travel, I would have been right there, in Times Square, on VE Day.
This lady will live forever through this photo.