Edith Shain

On 14-August-1945, America celebrated V-J Day. During a happy New York city parade, Edith Shain, a nurse at Doctor's Hospital was at Times Square. There she met an American sailor home from the war, strangers, their kiss was caught by Life magazine's photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt.
The picture captured the feelings of millions of citizens, pride, accomplishment, pain and happy relief that no more servicemen would die in World War II.
Edit Shain died on June 24th 2010, at the age of 91.
The devotion that these men and women exhibited during World War II is awe inspiring. Not to demean the sacrifice of our current day defenders, they are all brave and have my deep appreciation. It is unfortunate that today's media does not love their servicemen with the same fervor they deride their missions.
People like Edith Shain are leaving us all too quickly.

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