4. Two Lovers Enjoying A Kiss?
This photo is a pretty famous one, and it even had a statue made of it. Many people believe it to be the romantic meet up of a lonely soldier and nurse reuniting after the war.
Though it hasn’t been confirmed, as there really isn’t evidence, one woman’s story seems to be the most likely situation of what really happened. The woman claimed that she was alone in Times Square when news of the end of the war hit.
Everyone was excited, and out of nowhere, this man ran up to her, grabbed her, and forced her to kiss him! What everyone thought to be a romantic kiss shared between lovers turned out to be a sailor assaulting an innocent woman. Again, this story has no way of being proved, as the photographer never got the identities of the subjects and their faces are hard to see. Still, it really sends chills down our spine wondering if this once magical picture is really something more sinister.
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