Talk:Iwo Jima/Archive 1

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[edit] Old comments

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.

[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?

Probably not because Flags of our Fathers is a movie and even though it is based on iwo jima it really has nothing to do with it. M_1 12:13, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Agree. There is a page about the battle of Iwo Jima. This should mention the movie. Then, we can place a link there.Tprosser 12:23, 14 May 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).

[edit] Suribachisan or Suribachiyama?

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)

[edit] Tunneling System

Anyone know the extent of the tunneling system on Iwo Jima? Is it still extant? After seeing Flags of Our Fathers I was intrigued, I have a thing for tunnels. Anyone know anything about them? The movie made it sound like it was a pretty massive tunneling system, seeing as there were no barracks and all. Brentt 01:05, 2 June 2007 (UTC)


I visited the island in 1998. At that time, the tunnels were still in existence and entrances could be found all over the island. I saw large rooms and chambers that were used as hospitals, billeting, and command centers. Debris and rusted out equipment/gas masks/etc could still be seen. 38.117.162.35 17:56, 21 June 2007 (UTC)