Forwarded from Govdocs-L -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Japan changes name of Iwo Jima Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:28:46 -0400 From: Michele Hayslett <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: maps-l To: From the New York Times, posted online yesterday: Japan changes name of Iwo Jima <http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Japan-Iwo-Jima.html?_r=1&oref=slogin> Japan has returned to using the prewar name for the island of Iwo Jima -- site of one of World War II's most horrific battles -- at the urging of its original inhabitants, who want to reclaim an identity they say has been hijacked by high-profile movies like Clint Eastwood's "Letters from Iwo Jima." -- Michele Matz Hayslett Librarian for Data Services and Government Information Campus Box 7111 - D H Hill Library North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695 (919) 513-4433 FAX (919) 515-8264 [log in to unmask]