The Kissing Sailor - The Mystery Behind the Photo that Ended World War II

Lawrence Verria, George Goldorisi

Naval Institute Press

2012

267 páginas

8h 54m

ISBN-13: 9781612510781

On August 14, 1945, the legendary photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt took a picture of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square moments after the news of Japan's surrender had been announced. Now, for the first time, the whole truth about the unidentified couple in the famous picture is revealed. Just as James Bradley's bestseller Flags os Our Fathers dispelled the many long-held misconceptions about one of the other great photos of World War II - The raising of the American flag by Marines on Iwo Jima - The Kissing Sailor documents the true story of the sailor and nurse whose spontaneous kiss epitomized the war's end.