Wednesday, 15. August 2007
Topic: PHOTO - on August 15, 2007 at 12:00:00 PM CEST
60-year mystery of VJ-day kiss at an end
It was an iconic image that captured the wild excitement that greeted the end of the Second World War.
But the spontaneous moment of joy when a US sailor kissed a nurse in Time Square led to a bitter 60-year dispute over the identity of the amorous marine.
Over the years at least ten men have laid claim to be the one who planted the kiss on passing nurse Edith Shain on the VJ-day photo taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt on August 14, 1945 and made famous on the front cover of Life magazine.
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