The woman-a nurse-in the classic photo of a sailor unexpectingly kissing her in Times Square NYC at the end of the war in the Pacific has died. She was identified at Grete Zimmer Friedman and she was 92. The sailor had been identified as George Mendoza who was in Times Square with his wife to be, Rita Petry. The photo was taken by Alfred Eisensteadt and is called "V-J Day in Times Square". Several people over the years claimed they were the couple but some years after the photo became famous, it was determined that Friedman and Mendoza were the couple.
(Source: "Woman in WWII Times Square kiss photo dies" by the AP. In The Virginian Pilot on 9/11/16).
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