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    Times Square Kiss.....

    WW II related.
    I thought this was kind of cool, with it ending up on the USS Missuouri in Pearl Harbor.

    http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/1...ives-in-hawaii

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    Very cool! The artist's name is actually J. Seward Johnson. Check out this piece he did a few years ago. You see a lot of his stuff on the streets of Chicago.
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    Oh, here's another of his pieces.....





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    Wondered when someone would post the Marilyn statue!!
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    It's from Aug. 14, 1945, the day Japan surrendered to end World War II, when a sailor and nurse locked lips in Times Square.

    Until just recently, their identities remained a mystery, but with the 67th anniversary of VJ Day coming up Tuesday, the time seemed right for CBS News to reunite them.

    The photo is one of the most famous from the 20th century -- a moment filled with such spontaneous euphoria it seemed to last forever.

    "It was the moment. You come back from the Pacific, and finally, the war ends," reflects 89-year-old George Mendonsa, who says he's the sailor in the photograph that would come to symbolize the end of the war. The sailor, in uniform, is seen with Greta Friedman, a nurse, in her white uniform.
    http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-33816_16...hoto-reunited/
    The wartime diary of Kriegsmarine Oberleutnant z.S. Max von Zatorski.

    https://www.facebook.com/SeeklarDiaries

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