Edith Shain was 91 and passed away without ever really knowing for sure who planted the kiss on her while photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt captured the epic moment with his camera.
While Shain waited until the 1970s to come forward to say she was the woman in the Life magazine picture, the identity of the sailor remains in dispute.
“In retrospect, I should have said, ‘Hey, wait a minute!” and gotten his name and number, Shain said in 2008.
For the remainder of her life, Shain continued to honor World War II veterans by attending wreath layings, parades and other memorial events.
One day - relatively soon - they'll all be gone. God bless the memory of them and their generation..
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