It was 1945 and the Japanese had just surrendered WWII when a Navy sailor planted an iconic kiss on a dental assistant.
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) February 18, 2019
73 years later, George Mendonsa has died, but he will live forever at 22 years old in Times Square.
Here’s @JimAxelrod https://t.co/jZdGOl3qxp pic.twitter.com/uSA9oEj9pH
二战经典照片“胜利之吻”中的美国水手门多萨(George Mendonsa)于2月17日去世,终年95岁。据英国《卫报》和BBC报道,门多萨的女儿告诉媒体称,当地时间17日,门多萨在罗得岛一个看护机构中摔倒后,突发疾病不治。去世时距离他的96岁生日还有两天。
Man who claimed to be sailor in WWII Times Square kiss photo dies at 95: George Mendonsa, who maintained for decades that he was the sailor in an iconic 1945 Times Square photo, dubbed "The Kiss," that came to symbolize the end of World War II, has died,… https://t.co/P6Mr2f1TjK pic.twitter.com/CCM4fuhfoG
— IT Jobs Missouri (@ITMissouri) February 18, 2019
这张著名的照片拍摄于二战对日战争胜利纪念日,当时还是美国海军水手的门多萨在纽约时代广场与人群共庆二战结束。他弯身揽住一名女子亲吻,被摄影师费雷德·埃森施塔特拍了下来。“胜利之吻”是摄影师埃森施塔特当年为“生活”杂志(Life)拍摄的4张照片之一,标题是“对日作战胜利日的时代广场”。
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