budorob on June 20, 2007 at 10:14 AM

As someone earlier pointed out the character has two pronunciations; to and jima. Prior to the war it had been called “Iwa to” for a very long time.

This whole renaming thing has nothing to do with trying to rewrite history and no one has suggested that the Americans refer to it as the old name.

Much ado about nothing. Really.

He doesn’t give a rats ass what anyone else calls it, ergo nor do I. For the record, had I printed what he calls it this would probably have been my last post.

Semper Fi.

In that case, it would have been “Mustard.” ;^)

As long as there is an America and a United States Marine Corps, it will be known as Iwo.

At some far distant time in the future, when historians are trying to associate the name “Iwo Jima” with a place, it will still be a legendary battle the way the Iliad (and Troy) is today. And the “Battle of Iwo Jima” will still be a story of Iron will, valor, and determination. And like the wooden horse, the story of the battle and the raising of the flag will be emblematic.

I live in Nevada but I’ve spent 3 months in Georgia and 5 months in Oklahoma with the Army. The South is the soul of the country. No doubt about it.

the south got its ass handed to it. And then was beaten by Grant’s superior strategy.

JohnW

As a member of the south, you should know that 56% of all southerners find northerners to be as threatening as radical Islam. Your comment only solidifies those fears.

I won’t even share some of things I’ve renamed Mecca.

Coming soon: Gettysburg changes its name to “Fluffsville.”

Funny, but no chance in hell, the gift shop businesses would be screeching at such a level you would think Mothra did a flyby through the town if they had to buy a whole new trinket stockpile!

manwithblackhat on June 19, 2007 at 9:21 PM

Just what I was thinking.

It matters what Marines call it.

Iwo.

Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you’ve a date in Constantinople
She’ll be waiting in Istanbul

Even old New York
Was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can’t say
People just liked it better that way

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can’t go back to Constantinople
Now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works
That’s nobody’s business but the Turks.

(Jimmy Kennedy and Nat Simon)

Meh… Belleau Wood ain’t Belleau Wood no more either, so what else is new?…

Radish on June 19, 2007 at 8:25 PM

Or more recently Mao had caused between 30 and 40 million people to starve to death during the so-called Great Leap Forward of 1958-61, the horror of the regime was there for all to see. But McQueen’s reminiscences mentioned none of this.

or Tianamen square 200 -3,000

or the North Korean famine over one million

or Pol Pot

Japan shouldn’t be afraid to acknowledge history I agree, but there are plenty of stones to toss around. All of those I mentioned happened after Nanking. Japan is an extremely reliable ally and gentle persuasion is the best course.

For clarity, it was called Iwoto first. It would actually be like if the Japanese renamed Gettysburg “Fluffsville,” and we kept calling it that for sixty years before changing it back.

unamused on June 19, 2007 at 6:37 PM

The “bomb” wasn’t dropped on Iwo Jima.