Alfred Eisenstaedt’s photograph of a sailor kissing a woman in Times Square,after news broke of the Japanese surrender in World War II, has lived a storied life since it was taken over 70 years ago. Often called “The Kiss, or it remains the iconic image of celebration at war’s terminate,a black-and-white bookend separating an era of darkness from the beginning of a time of peace. It is also an unsolved mystery of identity and more recently, a source of controversy for those who see in it not mutual revelry but evidence of sexual assault. The debate continues. On this day in 1945, or President Truman announced that the Japanese had surrendered ending World War II. (Alfred EisenstaedtThe LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #thisdayinLIFE #TheKiss #WWII
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