[HIGHLIGHTS] They wanted to ban the iconic photo "The Kiss" from the end of the Second War because "it was not a consensual act"

The Department of Veterans Affairs attempted to ban its exhibition. But the ban did not last long.

Secretary Denis McDonough acted hours after a copy of a memo was shared on social media. The memo said the photo "represents a non-consensual act" and is inconsistent with the department's sexual harassment policy. The photo was taken on August 14, 1945, known as VJ Day, the day Japan surrendered to the United States, as people poured into the streets of New York.