Re: Chosin Few

[Donald McElfresh <a0019874@airmail.net>]

Right on, Ed. Never take history (or anything) out of context with the time.

Don

Ed Evanhoe wrote:

> >JK,
>
> > >>Ben, did you fight at Changjin Reservoir?
> >I must respectfully disagree with your "take."
> >Continuing to use the Japanese name is an
> >insensitive thing to do since such word offends
> >Koreans.
> >
> >Of course, it would be a different matter if
> >the veterans of "Chosi Few"  want to say that they
> >did not fight the war for Koreans and do not
> >care about Koreans' feelings.<<
>
> You are way off base. To be insensitive the word must be intended to
> slight.  This is not the case. The reason the reservoir  was called
> "Chosin" at the time by American troops is that  was how it appeared in
> English, along with the Chinese Characters, on maps of that day.  Changjin
> did not appear on military maps until the 1952 series came out.  Thus,
> "Chosin" was the accepted name by those who fought there 1950.
>
> Bottom line is:  You can't change history fit what you want it to be, only
> by what was.  If you do change history to fit what you want it to be it is
> no longer history.
>
> Ed
>
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