Tag: George Mendonsa

• Tuesday, February 19th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  US sailor in iconic photo in New York celebrating the end of WWII, has died

  

  The US sailor famously photographed kissing a stranger in New York's Times Square to celebrate the end of World War Two has died aged 95. The picture of George Mendonsa bending over and kissing 21-year-old Greta Zimmer Friedman on VJ Day (Victory over Japan) became one of the most enduring images of the period.