The Kissing Sailor

Everyone has seen the iconic picture of the couple kissing in Times Square after World War II was over. I read an article today saying they have figured out who the people in the couple are. Over the years many people have come forward claiming to be the couple but the real couple has been identified! They have found out that the couple in the photo were not even a couple at the time! The sailor, George Mendonsa, was so excited the war was over he just grabbed the first nurse he saw and started kissing her! The funny thing is Mendonsa's girlfriend at the time and the woman he went on to marry is in the background of the picture! If you look closely she is the head peeking out from behind the sailor's right (our left) shoulder. The woman being kissed, Greta Zimmer Friedman, said "It wasn't my choice to be kissed, the guy just came over and grabbed!" (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/kissing-sailor-photograph-eisenstaedt-mendonsa-friedman_n_1471058.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl8%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D157392)