‘Unconditional Surrender’ statue near the USS Midway Museum

The Seward Johnson sculpture 'Unconditional Surrender' is installed adjacent to the USS Midway Museum and replicates the iconic V-J Day kiss photograph. Visitors commonly recreate the pose for photographs at the statue; many of those recreations have been shared widely online as meme-like images and tourist photo trends. The statue and its Embarcadero location are repeatedly used in viral social-media posts tied to San Diego.