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Greta Zimmer Friedman

Greta
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Austrian-born American woman in iconic photo

Why Is Greta Zimmer Friedman Influential?

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According to Wikipedia, Greta Friedman was an Austrian-born American who was photographed being grabbed and kissed by Navy sailor George Mendonsa in the iconic V-J Day in Times Square photograph of 1945 by Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. For decades the photograph was misattributed in popular culture as being that of a nurse, however, Friedman was wearing a white uniform because she was a dental assistant.

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