| The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers compared |
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STATUES TITLED "The Unconditional Surrender" (a sailor kissing a nurse) one in San Diego, California and one at Sarasota Bay Front in Florida |
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Who doesn't love that image of a sailor in Times Square on V-J Day (Victory over Japan) grabbing the nearest gal -- a nurse -- and trading anonymous spit?The original image of the moment was captured by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt on August 14, 1945. J. Seward Johnson is the sculptor of this version, though there has been some debate whether it is actually based on the famous photo. In any event, tourists and old veterans love it, assuming the same pose with a loved one at its base, or just peeking up the nurse's skirt.The 25-ft. tall statue has been criticized as a gaudy and lame imitation of the photo, and an eyesore for the community. Locals, however, love the statue, and so do the two RV Gypsies. And right next to it is the Bob Hope memorial plaza, chock full of even more sappy sculptures to irk the critics. Glenn McDuffie, who claimed that he was the smooching sailor, died at age 86 on March 9, 2014. He spent the last several years of his life charging women $10 to take a picture of themselves kissing him on the cheek.Above quote from: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/20274 |
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Below; The two RV Gypsies at The Unconditional Surrender Statue in San Diego, California |
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Below: Another homecoming statue in the same area, Tuna Harbor. There was no plaque nor sign for this statue. |
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2 - FLASHBACK to
the Unconditional Surrender statue at Sarasota Bay Front in Florida |
May 12, 2013 |
A KISS THAT LINGERSThe 26-foot-tall "Unconditional Surrender" statue on Sarasota's Bay Front has been the subject of countless speeches, groans, quips, and kudos since it made its first appearance here in 2005. It will likely stay in that same spot for a decade, after the city accepted the donation of a World War II veteran who put up $500,000 to buy the statue, on the condition that it stay out front of city-owned Marina Jack. Jack Curran, a former signalman who served in the Pacific and European theaters, says he bought the statue for all the other guys out there like him, who were raised in the Great Depression and served their country in World War II and came home to their sweethearts. He suspects the rest of the world is forgetting about them. Others have debated whether the statue is a fitting tribute to veterans or a big gaudy sideshow on U.S. 41.Above Quote is from the Herald-Tribune on-line article at http://www.heraldtribune.com/section/topic0332 |
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What is Lee Duquette looking at? |
Karen Duquette (above) and |
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