<P> In March 2012, the San Diego Unified Port District voted to purchase a permanent bronze replacement for the loaner . This controversial move resulted in the resignation of three board members . Despite the controversy, construction of the new weather - resistant bronze statue proceeded, in part due to a fundraising campaign by the Midway Museum that raised US $1 million . </P> <P> A 25' styrofoam Unconditional Surrender sculpture, built in 2005 and on loan from Seward Johnson's Sculpture Foundation was installed at the 42 - acre Grounds for Sculpture (GFS) in Hamilton, New Jersey as part of a retrospective honoring Johnson which ran from May 4, 2014 through July 1, 2015 . Writing up this event, a staff writer for The Trentonian described Unconditional Surrender as a "masterpiece". </P> <P> In August 2011, a life - size version of the statue was unveiled in Waikiki, Hawaii, and later taken to the USS Missouri in Pearl Harbor, where it was to stay to commemorate the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II . </P> <P> In 2012, a monumental statue of Unconditional Surrender could be seen in Civitavecchia Marina . </P>

Where is the statue of the sailor kissing the girl