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| Iconic: Historians say the couple captured in a passionate embrace on V-J Day in 1945 didn't know each other before the kiss; and in fact, the sailor's future wife, Rita Mendonsa, can be seen peering over his right shoulder |
It is an image that captured an epic moment in U.S. history - a sailor locked in a passionate kiss with a nurse in New York City's Times Square at the end of World War II.
For decades, the identity of the pair in the 1945 photograph has been disputed.
Now, a new book promises to resolve the long-held mystery by revealing 89-year-olds George Mendonsa and Greta Zimmer Friedman as the couple for whom the world stopped following Japan's surrender.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2138126/Authors-ID-Kissing-Sailor-duo--wife-background-photo.html#ixzz1tqmkauZK
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