Time Square VE Day Sailor Kissing the Nurse in iconic pic has died

I remember reading of his death, seems like very recently. What interested me about the story was that Nurse Zimmer didn’t go public until maybe a decade or two ago, and evidently she didn’t know him. She died a couple of years back, herself. And I’m not sure when he was identified as the sailor – it must have been pretty recently.

If it was Trump, his one hand would have been a little farther south. If you’re famous they have to let you do it.

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I remember reading, to my surprise, that she had felt annoyed by it.

Two photos, two photographers

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Apparently, at one point someone called it one of the first “me too” moments in pop culture, or something to that affect.

I just saw a snippet on the news, they’d apparently remained friends and sort of kept in touch over the years, so maybe whatever I’d read or heard was wrong, or overstated.

These days, maybe what I read was wrong or overstated. Spin is everywhere.

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