Sailor from iconic WWII Photo dies

[Basil]

I'm sure you've seen the picture. The sailor in the Iconic WWII photo that came to represent VJ day has died.

Glenn McDuffe

 

[Gliderman8]

Heard that yesterday :sorrow:

 

[BustedKnuckles]

...and which iconic photo are we referring to?

 

[sail]

The one in Basil's link:

 

[BustedKnuckles]

I wasn't logged in and I didn't see the name as a link...

 

[SaxMan]

IIRC, there were four different people that were claiming to be the sailor in the photo (or maybe it was four different women?)

 

[Gliderman8]

IIRC, there were four different people that were claiming to be the sailor in the photo (or maybe it was four different women?)

You are right; there were others who claimed they were "the sailor". Here's a line from the article that Bas has linked....

"A number of men claimed to be the sailor, but McDuffie's account was confirmed in 2007 by a forensic specialist."

Case solved!

 

[aeronca65t]

Sad news.

We lose more and more WW II vets every day (my father-in-law is a WW II vet......I spent a few hours with him today).

When we were at Pearl Harbor last year, I took this photo; the statue is life-size.

 

[GregW]

I wonder how many of those statues there are. I was working on the USS Iowa for about a week and they had one on the dock. That was in San Pedro harbor.

 

[SaxMan]

I read the other day that out of the 16 million Americans who were under arms during World War II that fewer than 2 million of them are still with us. I know it's a matter of time before we start hearing the various "last one alive from..."

 

[Guest]

The one in Basil's link:

And thus the Boomers were born. Boy, if that didn't set the stage I don't know what could. Anyone else notice they are clenching their fists in the photo? Seems a bit odd all things considered.