Never heard of Glenn McDuffie? Well, neither had I, but odds are that you have seen him, for he is the subject of one of the most famous photographs ever taken.
Yep, McDuffie was the sailor kissing the nurse in Times Square on VJ Day in August, 1945 when news of Japan's surrender to the Allied forces ended World War II. The picture appeared in Life Magazine, and, as I said, is surely one of the most famous ever taken.
Over the years, many people claimed to have been the sailor in the picture, but in 2005 a forensic artist for the Houston Police Department studied the picture and was able to positively identify McDuffie as the guy. He spent much of his time traveling to air shows, gun shows (?), and parties of any kind, and charging ten bucks to women to pose with him kissing them as he did that day in Time Square. Not a bad deal for a guy in his eighties!
RIP Glenn McDuffie.
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