As one of the most famous American World War II era photographs circulated again in celebration of the anniversary of Victory over Japan Day on Friday, the New York Daily News ran a piece on the “sinister shade” the photo has taken on, as a supposed example of “sexual assault.”
“V-J Day in Times Square,” a photograph taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt, features an American sailor kissing a woman in a white uniform dress on Victory over Japan Day in Times Square, New York on August 14, 1945. The sailor, later identified as George Mendonsa, had just left from the USS The Sullivans (DD-537) and had joined the partying in the streets. In the midst of his gleeful intoxication, Mendonsa planted a kiss on a complete stranger, 21-year-old Greta Zimmer, and continued on his way.
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