Editor's note - Recent news has come out that states that this man is not the man in the famous photo. More to come in a future blog post.

Do you know this man?

Sure you do! His name is Carl Muscarello. Carl was the sailor in 1945 who celebrated VJ Day by planting one on a nurse named Edith Shain in the middle of Times Square. The photo, taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt became an instant classic when Life Magazine published it.

That was over 60 years ago. Today, Carl is 80 years old, but he's still as full of energy as he was back then!

Recently, two men broke into Carl's Florida home. One of the burglars ran away while the other one started swinging a golf club at Carl's son. Carl grabbed the intruder and put a chokehold on him. He then brought the man to the floor and held him down until the police came.

"I often happen to be at a strange place at a strange time," Muscarello said.

Once a hero, always a hero.