The story behind that iconic Times Square photograph

The photograph was captured by Alfred Eisenstaedt and published alongside the caption: 'In New York's Times Square a white-clad girl clutches her purse and skirt as an uninhibited sailor plants his lips squarely on hers"

The story behind that iconic Times Square photograph

"If that girl did not have a nurse's uniform on, I never would have done that."

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