Annapolis, MD—David Hartman, the original host of Good Morning America and foreword author of The Kissing Sailor: The Mystery Behind the Photo That Ended World War II by Lawrence Verria and George Galdorisi, will be interviewed on ABC’s morning talk show, The View. The taping will take place on June 20th and the show will air on June 22nd. All members of the studio audience will be the lucky recipients of a complimentary copy of the much discussed book. Please check your local listings for air times.
On August 14, 1945, Alfred Eisenstaedt took a picture of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square, minutes after they heard of Japan’s surrender to the United States. For almost two decades Lawrence Verria and George Galdorisi were intrigued by the controversy surrounding the identity of the two principals in Eisenstaedt’s most famous photograph and collected evidence that began to shed light on this mystery. With this book, the authors solve the 67-year-old mystery by providing irrefutable proof to identify the couple in Eisenstaedt’s photo. It is the first time the whole truth behind the celebrated picture has been revealed.
The Kissing Sailor has received reviews in The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, The Huffington Post, The New York Daily News, and countless other publications, websites, and features stories. Tom Brokaw is quoted as saying “What a wonderful detective story about a kissing sailor and a beautiful nurse—the most famous couple celebrating the end of WWII. Famous but anonymous until now. I loved it.”
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