"I went from hospital to Times Square that day because the war was over, and where else does a New Yorker go? And this guy grabbed me and we kissed, and then I turned one way and he turned the other."
-Edith Shain, the nurse in Alfred Eisenstaedt's famous "sailor kisses nurse in Times Square" photo that has come to symbolize the end of World War II, has died at the age of 91.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
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Both Sarasota and San Diego has great HUGE statues of this kiss. Highly recommended.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13706143@N00/1353219245
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Hamilton, NJ, too.
The modern equivalent would be captured by an 18-minute, amateur beej video spread via tweets.
Get off my sentimental lawn! [shakes pearls]
Because it's iconic, it's not an assault?
I never thought she looked very willful in her kissing. I think she kind of went along with the narrative afterward.