Remember the famous World War II photograph of the American sailor kissing a young nurse in Times Square on Victory Day? While no one can prove who the subjects in the photograph really are, the person who claims to be the nurse — Edith Shain, now 90 years old — will be serving as grand marshal on Tuesday’s New York Veterans Day parade.

Edith Shain says that on August 14, 1945 — upon the news that Japan surrendered — she left her work at a nearby hospital and ran to Times Square to celebrate. Suddenly, a man in a navy uniform and white hat grabbed her and kissed her as she lifted her right foot. Shain says she never met the man and didn’t get his name.

On Sunday, Shain reenacted the photograph as she posed for pictures in uniform with actors after seeing the musical revival of "South Pacific."

A talented Life magazine photographer caught the original moment but didn’t have a chance to catch the names of his subjects amid the excitement. That photographer, Alfred Eisenstaedt, died in 1995. Years before Eisenstaedt’s death, Life asked the people in the photograph to come forward. And several did. Three men claimed to be the sailor; two women including Edith claimed to be the nurse.

So why believe Edith Shain? Shain, who now lives in Los Angeles and served as a schoolteacher for 30 years, was the only one who — even decades later — shared the same patriotic spirit of the young dame in the 1945 photograph.