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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.
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.
Dec 16, 2021 · Everyone knows the iconic image of soldiers raising the American flag on Iwo Jima, but few know the tragic history of Ira Hayes -- one of the men pictured.
Feb 23, 2020 · Ira Hayes was a Native American Marine who raised the American flag on Mount Suribachi in World War II. He faced post-traumatic stress and died in 1955, but his legacy lives on in his community and beyond.
Feb 23, 2018 · Ira Hayes, 22, was a Pima American Indian from the Gila River Reservation in Arizona. Johnny Cash memorialized him in “ The Ballad of Ira Hayes ,” which recounts his tragic...
On 26 August 1942, Ira Hayes enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve at Phoenix for the duration of the National Emergency. Following boot camp at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at San Diego, Hayes was assigned to the Parachute Training School at Camp Gillespie, Marine Corps Base, San Diego.
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.
