Famous "Kissed Woman" in the Photo, Dies

From the September 10, Yahoo! News, AP  "Woman in iconic WWII Times Square kiss photograph dies at 92" AP.

Freta Zimmer Friedman died Thursday, September 8, 2016, in Richmond, Virginia.

She was a 21-year-old dental assistant in a nurse's uniform on August 14, 1945.  She went to Times Square when she heard reports that the war was over and found an impromptu celebration underway.

A celebrating sailor, George Mendonsa,  grabbed her and planted a big old kiss on her face (perhaps lips).

Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt was on hand and captured the moment in what became one of the most famous photographs of the 20th century.

She will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery next to her late husband, Dr. Misha Friedman.

That Was One Neat Photograph.  Wonder What Dr. Friedman Thought About It.  --GreGen

Refugees Saved by the Japanese Are Identified-- Part 3: The Four Identified

The four refugees identified so far:

**  ANTONINA BABB--  A Polish Jew who died in Santa Monica, California, in 19994.

**  NISSIM SEGALOFF--  A Bulgarian Jew who later changed his name to Nicholas Sargent, and lived in New York City; the place and date of his death are unknown.

**  VERA KRONBERG--  A Norwegisan gentile who died in Rochelle Park, N.J., in 2007.

**   NAME WITHHELD AT FAMILY REQUEST--  A Jewish woman who died in the U.S. in 2015.

--GreGen

Marijuana "Reefers" Sold, Air Medal, Labor Unrest

From the July 30, 2013, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Back Then."

Seventy years ago.

JULY 25, 1943:  Three men were in jail for selling marijuana cigarettes to soldiers and civilians in the vicinity of Camp Butner near Durham.

Undercover agents bought 32 "Reefers" at 35 cents apiece.

JULY 30, 1943:  The Air Medal was presented by FDR to Lt. (jg) Lloyd D. Hollingsworth for meritorious achievement as a seaplane pilot during the invasion of North Africa in November 1942.  He is the son of Margaret Hollingsworth and currently listed as MIA.

JULY 31, 1943:  There are Labor Relations problems at the Wilmington Shipyard and across the country.    The War Labor Board denied a general wage increase to more than one million shipyard workers at 188 shipyards across the country.

World War II's "Kissing Sailor" Dies-- Part 1

From the March 14, 2014, West Texas Bews West 9 "Man known as kissing sailor in World War II-era image dies" by Ramit Plushnick-Masti, AP. //// Glenn McDuffie, 86, died March 9, 2014. He was born in Kannapolis, North Carolina, and moved to Houston in 1960 where he was a mail-carrier and semi-pro baseball player. //// Houston Police Department forensic artist Lois Gibson identified him as the sailor from the famous V-J Day photo taken August 14, 1945, by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. She is quite the expert in such matters, but even so, there is still a lot of controversy as many others have claimed to be that sailor. Sadly, Eisenstaedt had never gotten the names of the two in the photo. //// "Will the Real 'Kissing Sailor' Please Stand Up." I'll Go With Mr. McDuffie. --GreGen