Activists with the #MeToo movement weren’t about to let World War II veteran George Mendonsa of “The Kiss” rest in peace. The subject of Alfred Eisenstaedt’s iconic 1945 Times Square photo ...

A US statue showing a sailor kissing a stranger based on the famous photograph at the end of World War Two has been vandalised with graffiti reading #MeToo – after the man in the photo died.

George Mendonsa, a World War II veteran who was photographed kissing a woman in Times Square on V-J Day, died Sunday at 95. A 25-foot-tall statue depicting the famous photo stands near the U.S.S ...

It occurred following the death of sailor George Mendosa, who died on Monday, two days before his 96th birthday. Authorities estimate the damage to the statue to be worth more than $1,000 (£767).