Nurse in iconic Times Square sailor kiss photo, has passed at 92
Greta Zimmer Friedman, who was kissed by a sailor in Times Square in one of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century, died at 92 in Virginia. Friedman entered Times Square, and found herself grabbed and kissed by George Mendonsa, a sailor on leave who was overjoyed by the war’s end.
Greta Friedman was a 21-year-old dental assistant in a nurse’s uniform when she became part of one of the most famous photographs of the 20th century marking the celebration of the end of World War II.