V-J Day in Times Square is a photograph taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt on August 14, 1945 and published in Life magazine, depicting a United States Navy sailor kissing a woman in Times Square amid celebrations of Japan's surrender ending the Second World War. Neither the sailor nor the woman was formally identified by the photographer at the time, and the identities of the pair have since been the subject of extensive, sometimes disputed, later research and claims. V-J Day in Times Square is widely regarded as one of the most reproduced and instantly recognizable photographs of the twentieth century and an enduring symbol of the end of the war.
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The photograph was published a week later in Life magazine, among many photographs of celebrations around the United States that were presented in a 12-page section entitled "Victory Celebrations".
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V-J Day in Times Square is a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt that portrays a U.S. Navy sailor kissing a total stranger after grabbing her on Victory over Japan Day in New York City's Times Square on August 14, 1945.
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V-J Day in Times Square is a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt that portrays a U.S. Navy sailor kissing a total stranger after grabbing her on Victory over Japan Day in New York City's Times Square on August 14, 1945.
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V-J Day in Times Square is a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt that portrays a U.S.
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V-J Day in Times Square is a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt that portrays a U.S.
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V-J Day in Times Square is a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt that portrays a U.S.
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