V-J Day Kiss kept secret
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A sailor's loose lips in Times Square on V-J Day launched a long-lasting mystery. Ernest Dubay says he is the one in the famous photograph, but kept his identity a secret until after the death of his wife, whom he was dating at the end of World War II.
It was about 5 p.m. on Aug. 14, 1945, when he arrived. In two hours the news zipper wrapping the New York Times building would flash the five words he'd waited to hear:
"OFFICIAL - TRUMAN ANNOUNCES JAPANESE SURRENDER."
Dubay doesn't remember that part. But he remembers another moment as sharply as if it was captured on camera - because, he says, it was.
"I started walking toward the building with the news going around. I saw this girl in a white uniform and I grabbed her and I kissed her."
It was about 5 p.m. on Aug. 14, 1945, when he arrived. In two hours the news zipper wrapping the New York Times building would flash the five words he'd waited to hear:
"OFFICIAL - TRUMAN ANNOUNCES JAPANESE SURRENDER."
Dubay doesn't remember that part. But he remembers another moment as sharply as if it was captured on camera - because, he says, it was.
"I started walking toward the building with the news going around. I saw this girl in a white uniform and I grabbed her and I kissed her."
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- gruven_reuven
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