The sailor with the legendary photos of him kissing a nurse in times square on the day of the end of world war II, died at the age of 95 years. George Mendonsa did not live up to the 96th anniversary a couple of days.
Daughter of Mendoza Sharon Moller said that my father had a stroke on Sunday. He became ill, the man was taken to the hospital of Middletown (ri).
George Mendonsa, the “kissing sailor,” with @RepRuggiero at the Statehouse a few years ago. Rest In Peace pic.twitter.com/j6mxIB20h5
Ian Donnis (@IanDon) February 18, 2019
The famous photograph was taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt on 14 August 1945, V-J Day, when Japan surrendered to the United States. Characters pictures became George mendonsa and Greta Zimmer Friedman in a nurse uniform, who then worked as a dental assistant.
The photo, which has become a classic, was not staged. Young people do not see that they are removed.
Upon learning of the surrender of Japan, Eisenstadt came to the times square and started taking pictures of cheering bystanders. The photographer noticed the sailor who ran up to all women, circling them in the dance, and then kiss on the lips. When in his arms was a nurse in a white coat, Eisenstaedt took a picture.
«It was a moment, when we returned from the Pacific, the war ended, told mendonsa in 2012, at CBS News, I haven’t seen the photographer. I had a few drinks then to celebrate. So when I saw the nurse, I grabbed her and kissed».
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of George Mendonsa, a World War II veteran known as the kissing sailor in the famed photo #VJDayinTimesSquare. Many know the photo, but few know the story. Take a moment to listen here: https://t.co/xvxAe5xpzC #RIP pic.twitter.com/NsmHMpPBSN
— American Veterans Center (@AVCupdate) February 18, 2019
Alfred Eisenstaedt made 4 images, which became one of the most famous photos of the 20th century.
The name of the person depicted in the photograph remained a mystery for over 30 years. Many people all the time claimed that they captured in the photo. But to dot the «I» helped Lawrence Verrie.
The ecstatic sailor shown in an iconic photo kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died. George Mendonsa was 95. https://t.co/wzSfgLxW2X pic.twitter.com/skRgcYGp7O
— ABC News (@ABC) February 18, 2019
Greta Friedman said that in August 1945, she was 21, she worked in new York as a nurse in the dental office. That day, after learning about the end of the war, she followed the crowd, turned up on times square, where it suddenly ran up a strange sailor began to whirl, and then kissed.
«I have not seen how he came, did not have time to understand what is happening, as has been found in his arms,» recalled Greta Friedman. She died a few years ago in 2016 at the age of 92 years.
