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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.
Ira Hayes was a Pima Native American who served as a United States Marine and is best remembered as one of the six flag-raisers who have been immortalized in Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal's iconic photograph capturing the flag-raising on Iwo Jima during the Second World War.
Ira Hamilton Hayes (ur. 12 stycznia 1923 w Sacaton w stanie Arizona, zm. 24 stycznia 1955 w Bapchule w stanie Arizona) – amerykański żołnierz United States Marine Corps, pochodzący z plemienia Indian Pima, bohater II wojny światowej.
16 gru 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.
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.
2 mar 2024 · Ira Hayes was a Pima Indian who enlisted in the United States Marine Corps early in World War II. He gained fame in the Pacific campaign when he, along with four fellow Marines and one Sailor, raised the US flag over Iwo Jima while the battle still raged for that island fortress.
From May until June of 1942 Ira Hayes served in the Civilian Conservation Corps. On August 26th he joined the Marine corps. In December he was promoted to Private First Class and joined Company B 3rd Parachute Battalion, Divisional Special Troops, 3rd Marine Division.
