Couples gather in Times Square to re-enact kiss celebrating end of WWII

NEW YORK – Dozens of couples have gathered in Times Square to re-enact a famous kiss that celebrated the end of the Second World War.

A 25-foot sculpture depicting Alfred Eisenstaedt’s photograph of a sailor kissing a white-uniformed nurse towered over Friday’s commemoration in New York City.

Blairsville, Georgia, residents Ray and Ellie Williams kicked off the re-enactment of the kiss from Aug. 14, 1945.

The Williamses are Navy veterans. They married the day after V-J Day.

Ray Williams says he and his wife are “deeply honoured and privileged” to represent the greatest generation at the Times Square commemoration.

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He says he remembers the jubilation that broke out across the country on V-J Day, when Japan’s surrender to Allied forces was announced.