Friedman herself in those years worked as the assistant to the dentist.
In the United States at the age of 92 years died, Greta Friedman, a nurse with the famous photos where she kisses the sailor, who became a symbol of victory in world war II. According to Reuter, this fact was the beginning of an annual tradition to kiss at times Square.
It is reported that Greta Friedman died of complications following pneumonia. She was buried next to her husband in Virginia.
In the pictures of Greta Friedman pictured with a sailor by George Mendoza on times square in new York on the morning of 14 August 1945. And the kiss was totally spontaneous. The couple was captured by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt.
In 2007, the times Square, a monument of the Victory Kiss. Since 2005, victory Day, the new Yorkers come to times Square to take part in the ceremony of “recreating the kiss.”
