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I was unsure about pronunciation, but I made a try. If it's wrong, I'll redo it. karmosin 20:56, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)

ok umm if you read these uummm will u send me more info on Iwo Jima i dont care what its about. My email is r0ckerzrule@yahoo.com the 0 is a number.

Thank you, Morgan S.

Contents 1 Civilian population 2 Flags of Our Fathers 3 History 4 No Reference 5 Lost Information 6 Battle of Iwo Jima 7 Missing reference / Incorrect Fact

[edit] Civilian population

There was previously a section about no civilian population or access to the island, which I've now reinstated. Reference is the Japanese Wikipedia: Jpatokal 03:48, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

現在は海上自衛隊管理の航空基地が設置され、一般の人は島に立ち入ることはできない。島に一般住民がおらず、周りにも住民が住んでいる島は存在しないため、硫黄島通信所にてアメリカ海軍の空母艦載機による夜間離発着訓練が行われているほか、航空自衛隊の各種実験飛行といった、日本本土では実施できないような軍事利用ができる貴重な島である。

[edit] Flags of Our Fathers

Since the movie is entirely based o this island, should we make some sort of connection between the two?

[edit] History

When and how did Japan gain control of Iwo Jima? Is there any significant historical events on the island prior to WWII? LordAmeth 10:15, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

• I also would like to see more information about Iwo Jima pre- and post-WWII. When was it first inhabited? By whom? Were there "natives" like on other Pacific islands, or was it only inhabited during industrial-era? How about its significance during WWII? When was it decided that Iwo Jima was important? I just saw a TV show saying it became important to the US during the approach to Japan as an emergency landing site for US bombers en route to Japan, and to allow fighters to escort them. Anyone have more details about this? --greenmoss 03:07, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I was wondering about the 'ex-Islanders' bit too. From when till when was the island inhabited? 84.177.9.174 20:24, 24 January 2007 (UTC) (Hah, pretty silly of me to sign without loging in first. Lewis Trondheim 20:24, 24 January 2007 (UTC))

[edit] No Reference

This article has no reference to the occupation of the United States Coast Guard on Iwo Jima from 1945 to 1993. The U S Coast Guard operated the Loran C station from the time it was constructed in 1963 (the re-constructed in 1965) to it's decommissioning in 1993. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dmoore31 (talk • contribs) 18:39, 5 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Lost Information

When comparing the present article with the version one year ago, I notice that most of the useful information on history, geography, climate, vegetation etc. has gone. I have no time right now to recover it, but this should be done before further effort goes into improving the article. 86.103.203.124 23:49, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of Iwo Jima

I think a lot of people will search for "Iwo Jima" and expect to receive the page on the Battle. Shouldn't there be a disambiguation link at the top of this page for that purpose? toll_booth 01:53, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Missing reference / Incorrect Fact

"On the first day of fighting on Iwo Jima, there were more casualties than in all of Normandy during D-Day, which is not a widely known fact."

That statement is missing any references, and after a quick fact check, appears to be incorrect.

American casualties at Iwo Jima: 26,000 http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,NI_Iwo_Jima2,00.html

Allied casualties at Normandy: 209,000 http://www.ddaymuseum.co.uk/faq.htm#casualities —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.168.129.4 (talk) 02:50, 11 March 2007 (UTC).

Shouldn't that be suribachisan ? I would have assumed that the last character is pronounced in it's on form. But then, my japanese is not very good. Tprosser 11:37, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I have checked and double-checked the reading in several (Japanese) sources, and they all gloss the name of the mountain Suribachiyama. What is the basis for assuming that the last character is pronounced san? In Japanese, it can go both ways: 浅間山 Asamayama, 立山 Tateyama, 三原山 Miharayama, etc. Although one can usually assume that ~san is right, there are exceptions. There is no real rule, though—which is correct, is totally arbitrary; so a source of some sort always needs to be checked. Even native readers of Japanese don't always get it right. HTH, Jim_Lockhart 12:30, 19 March 2007 (UTC)