Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day) celebrates the surrender of Japan, the last Axis power to yield, and the subsequent end of WWII. Though Japan's surrender was announced on August 15th, the terms were not signed until September 2nd. One of the most famous images depicting the jubilation of V-J Day was shot in Times Square, NY, when Alfred Eisenstaedt, photographing for Life magazine, captured the moment a sailor embraced a nurse and kissed her. Who were the subjects of this iconic photo?

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