It was a Moment.
Context is everything. In that era, women didn’t fear and loathe men. It had a certain innocence about it. Young men in those days were expected to be serving their country, they were appreciated.
I doubt that this was a PTSD inducing moment. Today, it certainly would be. Being grabbed by a strange man would terrify me today. But, being kissed by a young sailor would not have terrorized my mother.
I miss actual women.