Vj Day Photo Story

V j day in times square is a photograph by alfred eisenstaedt that portrays a u s.
Vj day photo story. The photograph was published a week later in life magazine among many photographs of celebrations around the united states that were presented in a twelve page section titled victory celebrations. The story of young prince philip s extraordinary war as the duke of edinburgh takes part in vj day commemorations his biographer charts the prince s own wartime experiences by philip eade. File in this b w file photo dated may 9 1945 while american cities were going wild on an unconfirmed report of germany s unconditional surrender american soldiers and marines are checking the. Greta zimmer friedman identified later as the nurse in the photo became the.
Bettmann getty images american troops at place de l opera in paris read news of the japanese surrender in the newspaper libe soir. T he woman photographed in the iconic picture of a world war ii sailor kissing a nurse died thursday at the age of 92. In 2017 prince philip then 97 years. After news broke that japan had surrendered and world war ii was over on august 15 1945 photographer alfred aisenstaedt took a picture of a sailor jubilantly kissing a woman in times square.
A two page spread faces three other kissing poses among celebrators.