"However, before the film ('A Bell for Adano') was over--people on the street pounded on the doors of the theatre, the show was stopped and the news of the Japanese surrender was announced.
"The young couple rushed to a nearby bar where George admits he 'popped quite a few drinks.'
"As they set on their way, George spotted a woman in a nurse's uniform and remembered their awe-aspiring work he witnessed months earlier.
"He left Rita and rushed to grab the woman.
"Of course, that moment of wild elation, gratitude and passion was captured by LIFE photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt."
A reporter for the Daily Mail talks with George Mendonsa, the sailor in the famous V-J Day photograph.
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