Unearthed World War II Pictures Show A Never-Before-Seen Side of History

Soldier's Kiss

Taken in Time Square on Victory against Japan Day, one photographer named Alfred Eisenstaedt caught this moment between a returned soldier and a mystery woman. Once he saw her, he immediately grabbed and kissed her. While extremely well known, this photo has also stirred up quite a lot of controversy since the woman, Greta Zimmer Friedman, never knew the man.  

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