[some_random]

Most of the world doesn't think like that, and referring to a major battle the US won in what is probably the single most justified war in US history as "problematic" make you sound like a nazi.

Edit: specifically the line "referring as it does to the World War II battle in which US forces defeated the Japanese."

[distances]

Using such a term when your direct competitors are Japanese will evoke some mental imagery. Very, very tasteless in my humble opinion.

[some_random]

You're right that it's distasteful, but it's not _problematic_. Certainly not because 3,000 Imperial Japanese serviceman lost their lives furthering their nation's colonial ambitions.