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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A sailor kisses a woman on VJ Day in New York City.

Kissing Sailor

The iconic photo known as 'The Kissing Sailor' was taken in 1945 on VJ Day, at the end of World War II, by Life magazine photographer Albert Eisenstaedt.

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