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The sailor shown kissing a woman in iconic VJ Day Times Square photo dies at 95

The sailor shown kissing a woman in New York's Time Square in an iconic photo that captured the ecstatic celebrations at the end of World War II died Sunday in Rhode Island, according to family members.

George Mendonsa was two days short of his 96th birthday when he died at an assisted living facility in Middletown.

Mendonsa was shown kissing a woman he never met, 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. People spilled into the New York City streets to celebrate the news.

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German cavalry shooting rifles while standing on the backs of horses 85 years ago

German cavalry soldiers are shown firing from a standing saddle position during maneuvers near Berlin in 1935. They were trained to “fire from the saddle” at that time.

The horses were trained like this to make them accustomed to loud noises and the sight of rifles so they wouldn’t panic when confronted with them on the battlefield. The term for this kind of training is “bomb-proofing”.

It is very doubtful whether this accomplished much as World War II saw the end of nearly all cavalry use.

Photo of an 1880‘s arch bridge in Germany reflecting in the water below

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