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In reply to the discussion: Agree or disagree: Iconic WW2-era photo should be removed [View all]XorXor
(690 posts)Many people have claimed it was them. But if we assume it's the woman who is widely attributed as the woman, her own description of the events do not sound as if she views it the same way as some feel she should feel. As far as I can tell, she never stated she didn't like seeing the image, or that it caused her any traumatic harm. If you can provide any sources that absolutely confirm it was her, or even that she would have wanted the photo forgotten, then id appreciate seeing them.
That being said, in my above comment I said it's possible they may have even known each other. But even if the widely accepted identity of the woman isn't correct, we can say with decent likelihood that the man and woman didn't know each other based on the description of events by the photographer.