Times Square; 14 August 1945 - VJ Day. The photo has become that rarest of things, an image that needs no explanation.
Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstadt snapped the shot of the young sailor, ecstatic with news that World War II was finally over, kissing the pretty nurse in the middle of Times Square on Aug. 14, 1945.
Thirteen days later, Life first published the photo that would become an enduring symbol of the joy and relief felt by a nation at the end of the war.
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