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Damn, George was SMOOTH!
RIP George, you playah...
https://www.kmbc.com/article/sailor-...-95-1/26390291 PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The ecstatic sailor shown kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died. George Mendonsa was 95. Mendonsa's daughter, Sharon Molleur, told The Providence Journal Mendonsa fell and had a seizure on Sunday at the assisted living facility in Middletown, Rhode Island, where he lived with his wife of 70 years. Mendonsa was shown kissing Greta Zimmer Friedman, a dental assistant in a nurse's uniform, on Aug. 14, 1945. Known as V-J Day, it was the day Japan surrendered to the United States. The photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt became one of the most famous photographs of the 20th century. It was years before Mendonsa and Friedman were confirmed to be the couple. Friedman died in 2016 at the age of 92. Mendonsa died two days before his 96th birthday. |
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02-18-2019, 11:07 AM | #2 |
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The photographer made him and her FAMOUS. It was a gay old time back then. Come to think of it, it still is!
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02-18-2019, 11:12 AM | #3 |
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Today George would have faced a court martial over the sexual assault of a fellow enlisted person. At minimum he would have lost stripes and at worst separated from the military dishonorably.
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02-18-2019, 11:13 AM | #4 |
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Wow, that guy lived a long time. I'm sure the answer to this question is known, but I wonder if he ever saw that girl again?
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02-18-2019, 11:27 AM | #5 |
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I just saw that statue in San Diego last year. I didn't know who the 2 people were but I'm glad they both lived long lives.
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02-18-2019, 11:39 AM | #6 |
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How long before the militant left demands that statue be taken down?
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He’d been in jail that night for sexual assault.
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02-18-2019, 12:02 PM | #8 |
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Pretty sure the moment is literally in rape culture textbooks.
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02-18-2019, 12:29 PM | #9 |
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02-18-2019, 01:19 PM | #10 |
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Without naming names (trying to keep this in Lounge).......it has already been an issue for a few years now here in san diego.
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02-18-2019, 02:30 PM | #11 |
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She wasn't in any branch of the service. Nurses, dental assistants, and other medical personnel wore white uniforms well into the 1980s. As for the allegations of sexual assault, she may have been kissing him first. I've been told there was a lot of partying going on after almost 4 years of war for the US. Just sayin'.
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02-18-2019, 02:33 PM | #12 |
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Kudos to S.D. They raised $1M in 3 months to make it happen. Other than 2 members of the Public Art Committee, seems like San Diego folks like it better than a whale's vajayjay.
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02-18-2019, 03:56 PM | #13 |
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It's not really his fault. It was only VE day, and he thought it was VJ day.
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02-18-2019, 05:22 PM | #14 |
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They just talked about it on Channel 12.
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02-18-2019, 05:40 PM | #15 |
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Christine Blasey-Fraud saw his obituary and remembered something about him assualting her.
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