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Name change of famous island not accepted by men who fought there.(Brief article)
"It was Iwo Jima to us when we took it. We'll recognize whatever the Japanese want to call it but we'll stick to Iwo Jima ourselves." When the Japanese decided to revert to calling the island Iwo To, ...
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