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Japanese surrender and the end of World War II

Life Magazine VJ-Day Kiss (Photo Credit : Alfred Eisenstaedt)

The Most Iconic Kiss in History

By admin on August 25, 2011

It was August 14, 1945. It was VJ (Victory over Japan) Day. More than 750,000 people gathered in New York City’s Times Square to celebrate the Japanese surrender and the end of World War II. Among the excited crowd was Edith Shain, a nursing school student, along with her roommate who had taken the subway [...]

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