"I went from Doctors Hospital to Times Square that day because the war was over, and where else does a New Yorker go? And this guy grabbed me and we kissed, and then I turned one way and he turned the other. There was no way to know who he was, but I didn't mind because he was someone who had fought for me."Newsday: Nurse in Times Square war photo meets Navy again"
In August of 1945 she was photographed by famed photographer Alfred Eisenstadt while kissing a jubilant U.S. Sailor in Times Square, in celebration of the end of World War II. Her son Michael Shain described the photo as having captured "an epic moment in American history, one that inspired patriotism, unity, joy and a spontaneous national pride in victoriously ending the war." The sailor kissed her out of emotion and to celebrate the victory of the USA against the Japanese forces on August 14 1945. She did not stop him thinking that the sailors fought for the countrymen.
Edith Shain has died. She was 92. She worked at Doctor's Hospital in New York City during World War II, but you probably only knew her as an anonymous nurse. She has left behind six grandchildren, three sons along with eight great-grandchildren. Justin Decker her son said that his mother was deeply involved with looking after the World War II veterans.
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