Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Many of us have seen and swooned over the "Kissing the War Goodbye" photo from WWII.
A 90-year-old woman, Edith Shain, is now claiming to be the iconic young nurse in the photo. Shain will serve as grand marshal of NYC's Veterans Day parade today.
We have all seen the photo, but few know its' history. According to CitizenSugar.com , on August 15th, 1945, the couple joined thousands of people celebrating in Times Square after Japan surrendered. Shain says a sailor suddenly grabbed and kissed her — the precise moment a Life magazine photographer caught it on film. Life never found the couple, but had many claimants. None were confirmed and the pair remained a mystery.
Now, Shain is coming forward and is convinced she is the girl,
"I went from Doctors Hospital to Times Square that day because the war was over, and where else does a New Yorker go? And this guy grabbed me and we kissed, and then I turned one way and he turned the other. There was no way to know who he was, but I didn't mind because he was someone who had fought for me. As for the picture, it says so many things — hope, love, peace and tomorrow. The end of the war was a wonderful experience, and that photo represents all those feelings."
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