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March 5, 2024When it comes to photographs taken during WWII, most are somber—except for one. Enter the iconic picture of the sailor kissing the nurse in Times Square.
The moment was captured after word broke that Japan had surrendered. The image is sweet, memorable and truly captures the joy Americans felt when they realized the end of the war was near.
No one could have a problem with that photo, right?
Lol. Think again.
The Department of Veterans Affairs says it is not banning the use of the famous World War II photo showing a sailor kissing a woman in white after an internal memo directed otherwise.
The famous “V-J Day” photo shows a U.S. Navy sailor kissing a total stranger in Times Square in the immediate aftermath of the news that Japan had surrendered.
The memo last month from RimaAnn Nelson, the Veterans Health Administration’s top operations official directed VA medical facilities to “promptly” remove the photo and replace it with something more appropriate.
“The photograph, which depicts a non-consensual act, is inconsistent with the VA’s no-tolerance policy towards sexual harassment and assault,” the memo stated.
To no one’s surprise, there was immediate backlash over the dumb memo, and it appears the decision was reversed. But seriously…why was this even on the agenda to begin with?
First, they came for “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” now they’re trying to take away one of the cutest images in American history. Next thing you know we will be told the photo of the soldiers raising the flag at Iwo Jima isn’t diverse enough.
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