The Kissing Sailor: The Mystery Behind the Photo That Ended World War II

by George Galdorisi and Lawrence Verria

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612510787
• ISBN13: 9781612510781
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.3" x 8.1"