More than 60 years after U.S. and Japanese troops fought one of World War II's bloodiest and longest battles over an airstrip and the island it sat upon in the Southwestern Pacific, that same airport is reopening some very old wounds.
Henderson Field is the Solomon Islands' main international airport and it badly needs upgrading.
Therein lies the problem.
Japan is being asked to help pay for reconstruction, and reports from the Solomons indicate a Japanese consulting firm may have suggested the name be changed from Henderson Field to something else.