George Mendonsa, who maintained for decades that he was the sailor in an iconic 1945 Times Square photo, dubbed “The Kiss,” that came to symbolize the end of World War II, has died ...

It’s a defining image of a turbulent time: a sailor kissing a nurse in New York’s Times Square. For the 92-year-old veteran, those events are closely intertwined. He’s the amorous sailor in ...

Back then, it was just one of those things: “Obviously, to do that today — it’s not such a good idea,” says Lawrence Verria, co-author of “The Kissing Sailor.” “But in Times Square ...

The sailor featured in the iconic Times Square kissing photo from World War II probably should have grabbed a different woman for his smooch seen around the world. George Mendonsa, 23, had just ...

It’s a defining image of a turbulent time: a sailor kissing a nurse in New York’s Times Square. For the 92-year-old veteran, those events are closely intertwined. He’s the amorous sailor in ...

STUART, Fla. – The "kissing sailor" statue in Sarasota, a replica of a Times Square photograph taken after the end of World War II, was spray painted with #MeToo, just after the man in the ...

The sailor famously photographed kissing a woman in Times Square at the end of World War II has died at the age of 95, his family said. George Mendonsa’s daughter Sharon Molleur told The ...

HOUSTON (AP) — A man who became known for claiming he was the sailor kissing a woman in Times Square in a famous World War II-era photo taken by a Life magazine photographer has died.

George Mendonsa, who maintained for decades that he was the sailor in an iconic 1945 Times Square photo, dubbed “The Kiss,” that came to symbolize the end of World War II, has died ...