二戰經典照片勝利之吻女主角日前去世

The woman kissed by a sailor in an iconic photograph marking the end of World War Two has died aged 92.

在標誌着二戰結束的經典照片中，那名被身旁水手擁吻的女子於日前辭世，享年92歲。

Greta Zimmer Friedman died of pneumonia at a hospital in Richmond, Virginia, her son Joshua Friedman said.

據她的兒子約書亞·弗裏德曼表示，格里塔·齊默·弗裏德曼是在弗吉尼亞里士滿一家醫院因肺炎病逝的。

Ms Friedman was a 21-year-old dental assistant when she was grabbed and kissed by George Mendonsa in New York's Times Square on 14 August 1945.

1945年8月14日，在紐約時代廣場被喬治·曼多薩擁吻的弗裏德曼，當時年僅21歲，是個牙醫助理。

The photo of that moment became one of the enduring images of the VJ Day celebrations in the US.

記錄那一刻的那張照片，成爲了美國紀念對日戰爭勝利日的永久標誌。

It was originally published as part of a round-up of celebration pictures in Life magazine.

該照片最開始在《生活》雜誌發表，是慶祝照片綜合摘要的一部分。

Ms Friedman herself said she was not even aware of the photo until the 1960s when she saw a book by the man who took the photo, renowned photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt.

弗裏德曼女士本人表示，直到上世紀60年代她看到著名攝影家阿爾弗雷德·艾森施泰特（照片拍攝者）的書，她才知道存在着這麼一張照片。

There were a number of people who claimed to be the sailor and the nurse in the photo and it was not until the 1980s that they were confirmed to be Ms Friedman and Mr Mendonsa.

過去曾有無數人自稱是照片中的水手和護士，直到20世紀80年代才確認兩人真正的身份--弗裏德曼女士和曼多薩先生。

Although the picture captures the pair in a tight embrace, they did not actually know each other.

儘管照片抓拍到兩人緊緊相擁，然而事實上他們互不相識。

Mr Mendonsa was actually at the time on a date with his future wife who can be seen smiling in some of the photos.

曼多薩先生當時正與後來成爲妻子的女子約會，在其他照片中可以看到她在微笑。

"It wasn't much of a kiss," Ms Friedman recalled, in an interview with the Veterans' History Project in 2005. "It was just somebody celebrating. It wasn't a romantic event."

弗裏德曼女士在2005年的《老兵歷史項目》中接受採訪時回憶道：“那其實算不上真正的吻。那只是人們在慶祝，並不是什麼浪漫的事。”