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**rJohutozsfds** · 06-21-2007, 06:55 PM

Um, that isn't the point.

The original name of the island was Iwo To.

They just changed it back to what it was.

Haynes, 85, heads the Combat Veterans of Iwo Jima, a group of about 600 veterans that travels back to the island every year for a reunion. He is currently 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." Seems rather selfish. It was the BATTLE of Iwo Jima, no matter what they change the name back to, but the island is now called Iwo To. I think people just need to keep the two as distinct and seperate realities.

BTW, we saw the Japanese version of the Iwo movie. Pretty good. Sad too.

06-21-2007, 06:55 PM	#3
rJohutozsfds Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 515 Senior Member	Um, that isn't the point. The original name of the island was Iwo To. They just changed it back to what it was. Haynes, 85, heads the Combat Veterans of Iwo Jima, a group of about 600 veterans that travels back to the island every year for a reunion. He is currently 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." Seems rather selfish. It was the BATTLE of Iwo Jima, no matter what they change the name back to, but the island is now called Iwo To. I think people just need to keep the two as distinct and seperate realities. BTW, we saw the Japanese version of the Iwo movie. Pretty good. Sad too.
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