Kissing Sailor: The Mystery Behind the Photo that Ended WWII
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (992 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00BW2EOXE |
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| Number of Pages | : | 150 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Kathy Mays Smith said Deserves a 10 star rating.. This is a wonderful history piece of U.S. and World War II history and brings so many memories back from my childhood during World War II. The authors show outstanding skill. I hate to have to put the put the book down. Well researched, expertly written, a real treasure. Should have been at the top of the best seller list. I don't know when I've enjoyed reading anything this much! Outstanding. I love it!. The first part is interesting but then it drones on and on palmdesert5 My older daughter and I both read this book and had the same reaction. There was some interesting information in the beginning of the book, but then it just went on and on a became redundant and boring. My daughter stopped reading at page 92 because it was too boring for her. I have a horrible habit that once I start a book, I must finish it, so I did. The interesting material could have be condensed down into about 50 pages - the rest was boring or redundant.. "Nostalgia at its finest" according to reader. First of all this book gives great tribute to our WWII veterans. It was a fun read and very thought provoking. I enjoyed all the effort put into finding the Kissing Sailor and the Nurse. It was quite a journey to find them. I would recommend this book to anyoneyou just may learn something.
Everyone who saw the picture wanted to know more about the nurse and sailor, but Eisenstaedt had no information and a search for the mysterious couple's identity took on a dimension of its own. In 1979 Eisenstaedt thought he had found the long-lost nurse. Chaos ensued. The authors also bring to light the couple's and the photographer's brushes with death that nearly prevented their famous spontaneous Times Square meeting in the first place. With this book, the authors solve the 67-year-old mystery by providing irrefutable proof to identify the couple in Eisenstaedt's photo. Eisenstaedt, a World War I German soldier, was nearly killed at Flanders.. And as far as almost everyone could determine, he h