Reply With QuoteVery sorry to read this. Have always wondered about the identity of the sailor. That would have been a great theme for a romantic movie. Even today, the idea of the two strangers meeting again and falling in love....
I had to post this one......: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100623/lf_nm_life/us_shain
A nurse famously photographed being kissed by an American sailor in New York's Times Square in 1945 to celebrate the end of World War Two has died at the age of 91, her family said on Tuesday.
The V-J Day picture of the white-clad Edith Shain by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt captured an epic moment in U.S. history and became an iconic image marking the end of the war after being published in Life magazine.
The identity of the nurse in the photograph was not known until the late 1970s when Shain wrote to the photographer saying that she was the woman in the picture taken on August 14 at a time when she had been working at Doctor's Hospital in New York City.
The identity of the sailor remains disputed and unresolved.
From then on the photograph also made its mark on Shain's life as the fame she garnered led to invites to war related events such a wreath layings, parades and other memorial events.
"My mom was always willing take on new challenges and caring for the World War II veterans energized her to take another chance to make a difference," her son Justin Decker said in a statement.
Shain, who died at her home in Los Angeles on Sunday, leaves behind three sons, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Very sorry to read this. Have always wondered about the identity of the sailor. That would have been a great theme for a romantic movie. Even today, the idea of the two strangers meeting again and falling in love....
I can't remember....if she is wearing her cap, that was a BIG no-no in our class. You don't wear it outside of clinical!
You do have a good idea for a story there. Maybe you can write one!
She was wearing her cap in the picture - and they did use the picture as part of the story line in the 2nd Night at the Museum Movie - Ben Stiller goes into the photo captures the kiss and comes out leaving his cell phone behind to be picked up by the young sailor, who of course goes on to invent the cell phone.
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