Woke military leaders ban – then un-ban – ‘the kiss’
By WND Staff
Alfred Eisenstaedt’s iconic ‘V-J Day in Times Square’ photo
A new memo from the Department of Veterans Affairs in the Joe Biden administration says officials have determined that iconic World War II homecoming photo of a sailor grabbing and kissing a girl now represents “sexual harassment and assault” and needs to be suppressed.
The memo was dated just days ago and demanded the image be banned from “all Veterans Health Administration facilities.”
It was in Times Square that photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, in 1945, snapped the picture of a sailor kissing a woman in white.
It was the day Japan’s surrender in World War II was announced.
The memo insisted, “This spontaneous moment was celebrated across the United States, and the photograph quickly became a symbol of victory and the joyous end to the long and devastating conflict.”
However, the new “woke” military raised questions about the “non-consensual nature of the kiss.”
So the ban.
However, it didn’t take long for the backlash to hit.
And just that fast, the VA secretary reversed the ban.