If
you read “General Old Age”[1]
you will know our WWII vets are quickly now fading away from the stage
To
fill up more and more of the obituary page
The
Greatest Generation that brought the tyrants to their knees
Are
almost gone as General Old Age keeps on his killing spree
Now
we learn that one of the actors in an iconic moment of pure joy is also not
immune to this trend
A
moment captured on film in Times Square with news that the war had finally come
to an end
21
year old Greta Zimmerman was bent over in a sailor’s arms in a joyous kiss not
a peck on the cheek but on her lips
Such
joy and emotion that after almost four years of carnage the Greatest Generation
had broken the Dogs of War’s deadly grip
The
sailor in the photo is George Mendonsa whose date that day was soon to be his
wife of almost 69 years
Both
still alive today in a long term marriage that has stood the test of many years
Greta
Zimmerman has passed away at the ripe age of 92
In
today’s PC world if that happened today would a 21 year old female decide to
sue?
Or
would the DA bring sexual assault charges to bring that sailor’s life to shambles
Hope
we never have to fight a costly war to have a sailor in a moment of joy take
that kissing gamble
© September 10, 2016, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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