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Ira Hamilton Hayes (January 12, 1923 – January 24, 1955) was an Akimel O'odham Indigenous American and a United States Marine during World War II. Hayes was an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, located in Pinal and Maricopa counties in Arizona. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve on August 26, 1942, and ...
Dec 16, 2021 · The Tragic Death Of WWII Corporal Ira Hayes. The raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945, as depicted in the famous photograph by Joe Rosenthal, was not the first to take place on the island.
Nov 7, 2021 · Marine paratrooper and Pima tribesman Ira Hamilton Hayes was immortalized in the photo of the U.S. flag being raised over Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Ira Hayes was born to Nancy and Jobe on the Gila River Indian Reservation in Arizona in 1923.
Ira Hayes was one of the six Marines who raised the American flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II, a moment captured in the iconic photograph by Joe Rosenthal.
Feb 23, 2020 · Hayes went on to worldwide fame, captured in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of six U.S. Marines raising an American flag over Mount Suribachi during the Battle of...
Nov 3, 2021 · On Feb. 23, 1945, Marine Corps Pfc. Ira Hayes, a 22-year-old Pima Indian from Arizona, achieved immortal fame as one of the six flag raisers in the iconic World War II photo and film taken atop...
Feb 17, 2024 · Ira Hayes, a Pima Native American, was one of the six men immortalized in the iconic photo captured during the flag-raising on Iwo Jima in 1945. His heroism and sacrifice in World War II earned him the respect and admiration of many.