I missed noting V-J Day back on August 14, but I’ll do it now. It’s hard to believe I was born only ten years after the end of the war.
The famous photo taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt in Times Square wasn’t the only view of the sailor grabbing the girl and kissing her. From a different angle, Navy photographer Victor Jorgensen also caught the moment.
A song that’s strongly reminiscent of World War II is “I’ll Be Seeing You.” Don’t confuse it with “We’ll Meet Again,” that’s heard at the end of Dr. Strangelove. Liberace renewed the popularity of “I’ll Be Seeing You,” and stressless songstress Jo Stafford recorded it in ’58.
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According to Yahoo News, 90-year-old Edith Shain of Los Angeles, a retired nurse, says she is the nurse in the Eisenstaedt photo and she will be the Grand Marshall of a Veteran’s Day parade in New York City. She said she headed to Times Square that day and was grabbed by the sailor and kissed. So far she is seen as the lady likely to have been in the picture.
It’s funny how many different men and women came forward to claim they were either the sailor or the nurse in this picture. We actually watched “Dr. Strangelove” last week: “Mein Fuhrer, I can WALK!” ha ha.