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Sailor and Nurse Kiss in Times Square, August, 1945

Sailor and Nurse Kiss in Times Square, August, 1945

The sailor was "running along the street grabbing any and every girl in sight," photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt said of his famous shot. "Whether she was a grandmother, stout, thin, old, didn't make any difference."

Photo: Alfred Eisenstaedt/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Aug 14, 1945
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