In the United States died a sailor from the picture “the Kiss at times Square”

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В США умер моряк со снимка "Поцелуй на Таймс-Сквер"The photo was taken on the Day of victory over Japan.

17 Feb in USA at the age of 95 years died George mendonsa, which was captured on a photograph “the Kiss at times Square” a Day of victory over Japan during world war II.

On photos young sailor of the U.S. Navy kiss an unfamiliar nurse Edith Shane, dressed in a white dress.

Photo was taken by Alfred Eisenstadt 14 August 1945 in new York city and made famous by the picture on the whole world. On this day, U.S. President Harry Truman on the radio had announced the surrender of Japan.

Mendonca died two days before his birthday, in a nursing home in Newport, Pennsylvania. He suffered from heart failure.

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