Unveiling the Story of Ira Hamilton Hayes

Ira Hamilton Hayes was one of five men who helped raise the American flag over Mt. Suribachi on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima on 23 February 1945. Ira Hamilton Hayes, he's the guy on the far left standing up the flag. He is also known as Chief Falling Cloud and was also an enrolled member of the Gila ... Ira Hamilton Hayes was born Jan. 12, 1923, at Sacaton in the Gila River Indian Community south of Phoenix, Arizona. He was the oldest of ... Corporal Ira Hamilton Hayes, USMCR. Ira Hamilton Hayes was a Pima Indian, born at. Sacaton, Arizona, on 12 January 1923, the son of Joe. E. and Nancy W. Hayes. Corporal Ira Hamilton Hayes (Pima, 1923–1955) remains one of the best-known American Indians to serve in World War II. In 1945, Hayes was one of six ... Ira Hamilton Hayes 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 ... Ira Hayes, Pima Native American and a United States Marine during World War II (January 12, 1923 - January 24, 1955) was bor nIra Hamilton Hayes in Sacaton, ... IRA HAMILTON HAYES-4698 The B-17 flying fortress, the “Sentimental Journey” performed four fly-overs for the parade, followed by six ... “Ira Hayes: The Akimel O'odham Warrior, World War II, and the Price of Heroism,” was released on Aug. 1 and written by Cherokee author Tom Holm. Ira Hamilton Hayes, a full blooded Pima Indian, was born on the Gila River Indian Reservation, just a few miles south of Chandler, Arizona, on January 12, 1923.