Naval Institute Press, Date: 2012-05-15. Hardcover. Used:Good. 2012. Naval Institute Press ISBN 1612510787 9781612510781 [US]

Navel Institute Press, Date: 2012. Hardcover. New/New. A clean crisp well preserved 2012 Navel Institute Press hardcover in a fine tight binding. Two-toned white marbled and red paper over boards with black letting along the spine. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. On August 14, 1945, Alfred Eisenstaedt took a picture of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square, minutes after they heard of Japan's surrender to the United States. Two weeks later LIFE magazine published that image. It became one of the most famous WWII photographs in history (and the most celebrated photograph ever published in the world's dominant photo-journal), a cherished reminder of what it felt like for the war to finally be over. Everyone who saw the picture wanted to know more about the nurse and sailor, but Eisenstaedt had no information and a search for the mysterious couple's identity took on a dimension of its own. In 1979 Eisenstaedt thought he had found the long lost nurse. And as far as almost everyone could determine, he had. For the next thirty years Edith Shain was known as the woman in the photo of V-J Day, 1945, Times Square. In 1980 LIFE attempted to determine the sailor's identity. Many aging warriors stepped forward with claims, and experts weighed in to support one candidate over another. Chaos ensued. For almost two decades Lawrence Verria and George Galdorisi were intrigued by the ...

ISBN10: 1612510787, ISBN13: 9781612510781, [publisher: Naval Institute Press] Hardcover First Edition On August 14, 1945, the legendary photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt took a picture of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square moments after the news of Japan's surrender had been announced. Now, for the first time, the whole truth about the unidentified couple in the famous picture is revealed. Just as James Bradley's bestseller Flags of Our Fathers dispelled the many long-held misconceptions about one of the other great photos of World War II -- the raising of the American flag by Marines on Iwo Jima -- THE KISSING SAILOR documents the true story of the sailor and nurse whose spontaneous kiss epitomized the war's end. After publication in Life magazine, Eisenstaedt's image became one of the most famous photos of the twentieth century. In 1980 Life attempted to determine the sailor's identity, prompting many aging warriors to step forward with competing claims. When various experts weighed in to support one candidate over another, chaos ensued. Intrigued for decades by the mystery surrounding the identity of the young couple, Lawrence Verria and George Galdorisi take a critical, multi-faceted look at all the evidence and unravel years of misinformation and controversy. THE KISSING SAILOR, the result of their extensive research, solves the sixty-seven-year-old mystery, providing irrefutable proof of the identities of the sailor and the nurse ...

ISBN10: 1612510787, ISBN13: 9781612510781, [publisher: Naval Institute Press] Hardcover
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