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		Ira Hamilton Hayes is a full blood Pima Indian and was born in Sacaton, Arizona, on the Pima Reservation on Jan 12, 1923.
		Ira Hayes asked to be sent back to the front lines, stating that "sometimes I wish that guy had never made that picture".
		Ira Hayes died of exposure at the age of thirty-three on Jan, 24th 1955.
	www.defenselink.mil /specials/nativeamerican01/flag.html (573 words)

	Ira Hayes
		Ira Hayes (1923-1955) was a Native American hero of World War II's Battle of Iwo Jima.
		Born on the Gila Indian Reservation[?] in Arizona, a full-blooded member of the Pima[?] nation, Hayes left school in 1942 to enlist in the Marines.
		Overnight, Hayes (who appears on the far right of the photograph) became a national hero, along with the two other survivors of the famous photograph, John Gagnon[?] and Rene Bradley[?].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ir/Ira_Hayes.html (282 words)

	Ira Hayes, an American hero : ICT [2006/10/25]
		Adam Beach, a Canadian actor of Saulteaux decent, plays the role of Ira Hayes in ''Flags of our Fathers,'' the Clint Eastwood movie that tells the true story of the men captured in the infamous World War II Associate Press photo of the flag-raising at Iwo Jima.
		The movie, which is based on the 1990 book of the same title by James Bradley, uncovered the story of the three men who survived the battle of Iwo Jima and their lives after the fame of one of the most well-known photographs in American history.
		During the movie, the character of Ira Hayes goes through a rollercoaster of emotions, from happiness with his friends in the Marines, to anger and sadness.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1096413872 (700 words)

	Ira Hamilton Hayes, Corporal, United States Marine Corps
		Ira Hamilton Hayes, participant in the famous flag raising on Iwo Jima, was a Pima Indian, born at Sacaton, Arizona, on 12 January 1923.
		On 26 August 1942, Ira Hayes enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve at Phoenix for the duration of the National Emergency.
		Ira Hayes left Iwo Jima unwounded and nine months later was a civilian again, leaving behind in a mass graveyard on the island the best friends he ever had--Mike and Harlon and Franklin.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /irahayes.htm (1860 words)

	The Ballad of Ira Hayes (Peter LaFarge)
		One of these buddies reported that Hayes refused to be leader of a platoon because, as he explained, "I'd have to tell other men to go and get killed, and I'd rather do it myself." He was reluctant to return home, but he was given no choice.
		Hayes thanked everybody gratefully, and said, "I know I'm cured of drinking now." But in less than a week he was arrested by Los Angeles police on the old charge.
		Ira Hayes, coming back home, looked at the mud-and-wattle house, the ramada standing to one side, a few poor outbuildings, and knew that he would not find the answer there.
	www.fortunecity.com /tinpan/parton/2/ira.html (1652 words)

	Ira Hayes
		Ira Hamilton Hayes is a full blood Pima Indian and was born in Sacaton, Arizona, on the Pima Reservation on Jan 12, 1923.
		He was lovingly dubbed "Chief Falling Cloud." Ira Hayes was assigned to a parachute battalion of the fleet Marine Force.
		Ira Hayes asked to be sent back to the front lines, stating that "sometimes I wish that guy had never made that picture".
	www.palletmastersworkshop.com /ira.html (601 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Ira Hayes — An Unwilling Hero - A1107767
		Ira Hayes was the rearmost person in the photograph, which was taken just after the flagpole had left his hands.
		Ira Hayes was shocked when he learned that President Truman wanted him and the other two men to return to the United State to join the 7th Bond Tour and help raise money for the war efforts.
		Ira hated the lie he felt he was living and suffered from a deep sense of guilt that he, and not those who had died in battle, should be so honoured.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/classic/A1107767 (2126 words)

	Ira Hayes
		But Ira Hayes died of acute alcoholism in a cotton field on the Pima reservation on a night in January 1955.
		Hayes thanked everybody gratefully, and said, "I know I'm cured of drinking now." But in less than a week he was arrested by Los Angeles police on the old charge.
		Ira Hayes, coming back home, looked at the mud-and-wattle house, the ramada standing to one side, a few poor outbuildings, and knew that he would not find the answer there.
	www.lilesnet.com /patriotic/Hero/Hayes.htm (891 words)

	Ira Hayes
		The reluctant hero, Ira Hayes was born on the Gila River Indian Reservation, south of Chandler, Arizona, on 12 January 1923.
		The remaining three, John Bradley, Rene Gagnon, and Ira Hayes were chosen by the War Department to become visible, tangible heroes.
		On a cold and dreary morning in January 1955, Ira Hayes was found dead a short distance from his home.
	www.angelfire.com /oh5/fallenheroes/irahayes.htm (415 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Ira Hayes - an Unwilling Hero
		Ira Hayes' response to a reporter who had asked 'How do you like the pomp and circumstances?' after a White House ceremony at which President Dwight Eisenhower had praised him as a hero.
		Ira Hamilton Hayes was a full blood Pima, born in Sacaton, Arizona, on the Gila River Indian Reservation, on 12 January, 1923.
		He was the oldest of eight children born to Joe and Nancy Hayes, a poor farming couple trying to scrape by in an arid climate after most of the reservation's water supply had been diverted for the use of white settlers.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A1118396 (2064 words)

	Ira H. Hayes Biography
		Born to Joe E. and Nancy W. Hayes on the Pima Indian Reservation in Sacaton, Arizona. Ira was the son of a poor farming family.
		As the flag was being raised, Ira rushed to help his comrades just as the photographer snapped what was to become one of the most famous pictures in history.
		Ira went back to the Reservation to escape the unwanted attention he'd be forced to bear but people did not stop writing and coming to see "the Indian who raised the flag." Ira's only escape from the conflict he felt over being viewed as a hero was the bottle.
	www.irahhayes.org /index_files/Page447.htm (943 words)

	SongMeanings \| lyrics \| Johnny Cash - The Ballad Of Ira Hayes
		Ira Hayes was the marine who went up Hirajima Hill in the famous picture with the marines holding up the flag...then when he went back home he died a drunk cus he was an indian and we were still a racist country
		You are correct Ira Hayes and five others raised the flag on the Mount, to show the end of Japanese control of the island.
		Ira Hayes though asked to be sent back to the front lines, stating that "sometimes I wish that guy had never made that picture".
	www.songmeanings.net /lyric.php?lid=3530822107858520854 (365 words)

	Biography, Heroism, Personal Courage, World War II, Native American History
		It is a poignant tribute to Ira Hayes.
		"Ira Hayes was a bashful boy who grew up to become a reserved man. During World War II he volunteered for service and, according to this biography, found in the Marines the sense of camaraderie he had missed during his childhood on the Gila River Indian reservation and at the Phoenix Indian boarding school.
		A Pima Indian and WWII soldier, Hayes' image was captured in one of the most famous photographs of the 20th century during the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima.
	www.leeandlow.com /books/irahayes.html (1036 words)

	Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients - Ira Hayes was an Iwo Jima Hero though not a recipient of the Medal of Honor
		Ira Hayes was an Iwo Jima Hero though not a recipient of the Medal of Honor
		Ira Hayes was stunned when he was told that President Truman wanted him and the other survivors to return to the United State to join the 7th Bond Tour to help raise money for the war efforts.
		Ira went back to the Reservation to escape the unwanted attention he'd be forced to bear but people did not stop writing and coming to see "the Indian who raised the flag." Ira's only escape from the conflict he felt over being viewed as a hero was the bottle.
	www.medalofhonor.com /IraHayes.htm (1430 words)

	Lyrics: Kinky Friedman - The Ballad Of Ira Hayes
		Among the men who held her high was an indian, ira hayes.
		And ira died drunk early one morning all alone in the land he'd fought to save.
		Two inches of water in a lonely ditch was the grave for ira hayes.
	lyrics.astraweb.com /display/450/kinky_friedman..from_one_good_american_to_another..the_ballad_of_ira_hayes.html (400 words)

	Iwo Jima - The Flag Raisers
		When Ira learned that President Roosevelt wanted him and the other survivors to come back to the US to raise money on the 7th Bond Tour, he was horrified.
		In 1954, Ira reluctantly attended the dedication of the Iwo Jima monument in Washington.
		As Ira drank his last bottle of whiskey he was crying and mumbling about his "good buddies." Ira was 32.
	www.iwojima.com /raising/raisingc.htm (1400 words)

	Urshel Taylor - "The Real Ira Hayes"
		Ira Hayes is a Pima Indian From Gila River Reservation Arizona.
		They were shuttled from one city to another for publicity purposes with questionable sincerity on the part of the American military.
		Ira Hayes died of exposure at the age of thirty-two on Jan, 24th 1955.
	www.artnatam.com /utaylor/n-ut008.html (457 words)

	Ira Hayes - Pima Indian, US Marine
		Born on the Pima Indian Reservation in Sacaton, Arizona, Ira was the son of a poor farming family.
		Ira Hayes was stunned when he was told that President Truman wanted him and the other survivors to return to the United State to join the 7th Bond Tour to help raise money for the war efforts.
		Ira went back to the Reservation to escape the unwanted attention he'd be forced to bear but people did not stop writing and coming to see "the Indian who raised the flag." Ira's only escape from the conflict he felt over being viewed as a hero was the bottle.
	www.thegoldweb.com /voices/irahayes.htm (1276 words)

	Arizona Stories
		Sarah lives with Ira's younger brother Kenny in Sacaton on the Gila River Reservation not far from where Ira was raised.
		Ira died at the age of 32, a tragic ending to the spectacular story of an American Indian who chose to fight for the stars and stripes, never wanting to be a star himself.
		Evidence of her hard work and Ira Hayes is beginning to show.
	www.kaet.asu.edu /arizonastories/irahayes.htm (627 words)

	Dropzone.com Skydive Forums: Community: Speakers Corner: Ira Hayes
		Ira Hayes was one such man who felt this way.
		Very few people today have never heard of Ira Hayes, although he was immortalized in the photo of the flag raising at Iwo Jima and in the song written by Peter Lafarge (sung by Johnny Cash).
		Ira walked from Arizona to S.E. Texas to tell Harlon's mother it was him holding the flag (which was contrary to the public version of the event at the time).
	www.dropzone.com /forum/Community_C7/Speakers_Corner_F35/Ira_Hayes_P2480033 (1648 words)

	Ballad Of Ira Hayes (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Now Ira returned a hero celebrated throughout the land He was wined an' speeched an' honored, everybody shook his hand But he was just a Pima indian, no money, no crops, no chance An' at home nobody cared what Ira's done an' the wind did the indian's dance.
		And Ira started drinkin' again, jail was often his home They let him raise the flag and lower it like you throw a dog a bone He died drunk early one morning alone in a land he fought to save Two inches of water in a lonely ditch was the grave for Ira Hayes.
		Yes call him drunken Ira Hayes but his land is still as dry And his ghost is lying thirsty in the ditch where Ira died Call him drunken Ira Hayes he won't answer anymore Not the whisky drinkin' indian nor the marine who went to war.
	homepage.mac.com /danielmartin/Dylan/html/songs/B/BalladOfIraHayes.html (450 words)

	ira hayes (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gene Ferguson from CBS pitched a mediocre version of "Ira Hayes" to Johnny Cash in 1961, this version was done by Peter LaFarge.
		Cash received tremendous pressure as a result of the release of Ira Hayes.
		DJ's were not use to the protest style of this type of music and wouldn't play it on the radio.
	maninblack.net /ira/ira_hayes.htm (139 words)

	IRA HAYES
		Johnny Cash has a song "Ira Hayes" about the Pima Indian that went to war.
		Ira Hayes is a Pima Indian From Gila River Reservation Arizona.
		On Feb. 23, 1945 to signal the end of Japanese control, Hayes and five other's raised the U. flag atop Mount Auribuchi on the island of Iwo Jima.
	members.tripod.com /~ShirleyGriffith/ira.html (466 words)

	Ballad Of Ira Hayes
		Now Ira's folks were hungry, and their land grew crops of weeds,
		Among the men who held it high was the Indian, Ira Hayes.
		IRA HAYES, JOHN BRADLEY, JOHN WAYNE, AND RENE GAGNON. ON SET WITH JOHN WAYNE DURING THE FILMING OF THE 1949 "SANDS OF IWO JIMA."
	www.homestead.com /deehits/irahayes.html (286 words)

	The Ballad of Ira Hayes (Peter LaFarge)
		Now Ira's folks were hungry, and their farms grew crops of weeds.
		One of the men who held it high was the Indian, Ira Hayes.
		Two inches of water in a lonely ditch was the grave for Ira Hayes.
	www.bobdylanroots.com /ira.html (1637 words)

	Through the Eyes of a Fan
		The song Ira Hayes by Johnny Cash got me started finding articles on the man that the song was written about (Ira Hayes), here is a referring link for some information on Ira Hayes’s life.
		One of the songs the troubadour sang that night as I remember was (Forty Shades of Green) a song that I’d never heard him sing at a concert and in person before.
		At the end of the song I remember a heckler yelling out"Sing Ira Hayes", and in a very graceful voice Johnny Cash yells back yea I’ll do that one later.
	www.stevenmenke.com /thrEyesFan1.htm (1114 words)

	*Ballad Of Ira Hayes*
		Now Ira's folks were hungry an' their farms were crops of weeds
		One of the men who held it high was the indian Ira Hayes.
		An' at home nobody cared what Ira's done an' the wind did the indian's dance.
	www.shurls.com /BalldOfIraHayes.htm (450 words)

	SwiftVets.com :: View topic - Who portrayed Ira Hayes?
		SwiftVets.com :: View topic - Who portrayed Ira Hayes?
		Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 1:36 pm Post subject: Who portrayed Ira Hayes?
		Do you have a connection to Ira Hayes ?
	www.swiftvets.com /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8493 (240 words)

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