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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070620/ap_on_re_as/japan_iwo_jima
Apparently with films like "Flags of Our Fathers, and Letters from Iwo Jima", Japan took the last straw and changed ol' Iwo Jima to Iwo To.
Iwo To was apparently the original name of this bloody WW2 battleground.
Here's some disapproval from a veteran , taken from the full article.
Retired Marine Maj. Gen. Fred Haynes, who was a 24-year-old captain in the regiment that raised the flag on Mount Suribachi, was surprised and upset by the news.
"Frankly, I don't like it. That name is so much a part of our tradition, our legacy," said Haynes.
Haynes, 87, heads the Combat Veterans of Iwo Jima, a group of about 600 veterans that travels to the island every year for a reunion. He is working on a book about the battle called "We Walk by Faith: The Story of Combat Team 28 and the Battle of Iwo Jima." He doesn't plan to change the name.
"It was Iwo Jima to us when we took it," said Haynes. "We'll recognize whatever the Japanese want to call it but we'll stick to Iwo Jima."
Personally, for me, changing a memorial for the soldiers is kinda alienating to the veterans, but since Japan can name its territory, I guess it's okay, the vets can call it Iwo Jima out of respect for the fallen , but Iwo To for vacations?
Apparently with films like "Flags of Our Fathers, and Letters from Iwo Jima", Japan took the last straw and changed ol' Iwo Jima to Iwo To.
Iwo To was apparently the original name of this bloody WW2 battleground.
Here's some disapproval from a veteran , taken from the full article.
Retired Marine Maj. Gen. Fred Haynes, who was a 24-year-old captain in the regiment that raised the flag on Mount Suribachi, was surprised and upset by the news.
"Frankly, I don't like it. That name is so much a part of our tradition, our legacy," said Haynes.
Haynes, 87, heads the Combat Veterans of Iwo Jima, a group of about 600 veterans that travels to the island every year for a reunion. He is working on a book about the battle called "We Walk by Faith: The Story of Combat Team 28 and the Battle of Iwo Jima." He doesn't plan to change the name.
"It was Iwo Jima to us when we took it," said Haynes. "We'll recognize whatever the Japanese want to call it but we'll stick to Iwo Jima."
Personally, for me, changing a memorial for the soldiers is kinda alienating to the veterans, but since Japan can name its territory, I guess it's okay, the vets can call it Iwo Jima out of respect for the fallen , but Iwo To for vacations?
