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Sailor from iconic WWII Photo dies

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Heard that yesterday :sorrow:
 
The one in Basil's link:

Kissing-Sailor.jpg
 
IIRC, there were four different people that were claiming to be the sailor in the photo (or maybe it was four different women?)
 
SaxMan said:
IIRC, there were four different people that were claiming to be the sailor in the photo (or maybe it was four different women?)
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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!
 
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.
 
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..."
 
sail said:
The one in Basil's link:

Kissing-Sailor.jpg
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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.
 
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