V-J Day kiss in Times Square captured by Lieutenant Victor Jorgensen, USNR, on August 14, 1945. Edith Shain did not identify herself as the nurse in the photo until 1980. Sadly, she passed away on Sunday, June 20, 2010 at the age of 91. The sa
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Thank you to the Mario Family Foundation for enabling the digitization of the U.S. Naval Institute’s Photo Archive. The physical photos in the Photo Archive are stored in the Mildred M. Mario Photo Archive Room located at the U.S. Naval Institute’s Headquarters in Annapolis, MD.

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