On March 5, Secretary for Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough shared the photo on X, stating, "Let me be clear: This image is not banned from VA facilities - and we will keep it in VA facilities." We come down into Times Square, Christ, there's a million people there. [...] And boy, I'm telling you, Times Square was wild. So [...] in Times Square when the war ends and I saw the nurse… if that girl did not have a nurse's uniform on, I never would've done that. "Greta Friedman, Who Claimed to Be Nurse in V-J Day Photo, Dies at 92."

Source: New York Times March 06, 2024 04:24 UTC