NYC - To date, over 10 men have claimed they were the sailor in Life magazines famous photograph, “The Kiss.” Experts say this man is the one.”The Kiss” taken by photojournalist Alfred Eisenstaedt in Times Square, August 14, 1945, shows a sailor kissing a nurse on Victory over Japan Day, and the identities of both people have remained a mystery.

Glenn McDuffie has come forward saying he is that man and has recalled what had happened to prompt him to kiss the nurse. McDuffie was traveling to Brooklyn from his naval base in Kannapolis, N.C. He said:

When I got off the subway I got to the top of the stairs and the lady up there said, ‘Sailor, I’m so happy for you.’ I asked her why and she told me the war was over and I could go home. I ran into the street jumping and hollering. It was then I kissed the nurse. She had the biggest mouth I’ve ever kissed.

McDuffie has taken several polygraph tests and has also gone as far as letting a forensic specialist recreate the photo pose, take his measurements, and compare them with the original all to ensure the fact that he is indeed the real kissing sailor. This story is the 1940’s version of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby-daddy scandal.

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