A man who claimed to be the sailor in an iconic photo of a kiss captured in Times Square at the close of World War II died on Sunday ... when Friedman's white uniform caught his attention ...

The statue is modeled after an iconic photo taken in Times Square in 1945, showing a woman dressed in a white uniform being embraced and kissed by a sailor to celebrate the end of World War II.

Christian represents World War II veterans through more than his 75-year-old uniform, however ... men were heading for their duty stations, a sailor “just froze on the ladder,” Christian ...

George Mendonsa, the World War II veteran identified as the sailor who was photographed kissing a woman in Times Square in celebration ... Mendonsa had never met Friedman, a dental assistant wearing a ...

The body of a World War II sailor who went missing during the attack on Pearl Harbor has finally been identified, officials said. David Walker, a black sailor from Norfolk, Va., was assigned to ...

A day after the sailor seen kissing a woman in the iconic World War II photo died ... a dental assistant in a nurse's uniform, on Aug. 14, 1945. Known as V-J Day, it was the day Japan surrendered ...

Robert Almquist has fond memories of his time on the USS Oakland during World War II. His home in Wisconsin ... Almquist may be the last of the 800 or so sailors who served on the USS Oakland ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The woman kissed by an ecstatic sailor in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died ... old dental assistant in a nurse's uniform on Aug. 14, 1945.

As a child, Harry Muncert often proudly wore the Dixie Cup hat from the Navy uniform ... sailor,” Muncert affectionately said. Muncert eventually joined the Navy, beginning in 1943 when World ...