Tragically, Ira Hayes was not unlike many other young men who
went to war in WWII. For the most part they had very little education,
many of them being illiterate. For this reason very few were able to write
about their experiences and, if no one else did, the experience was lost.
Ira, was in a photograph. He and five others were the subject of the photo.
This gave him a fame which he neither sought nor wanted. Ultimately, I
believe, this unwanted fame was at least partially responsible for his
death. An illiterate indian trying to live up to the image of a hero and
knowing deep inside that what he had done was no more nor no less than
that which was done by all of the other Marines on the island. Such a short,
tragic life for one of God's creatures.
Ira Hamilton Hayes is a full blood Pima Indian and was born
in Sacaton, Arizona, on the Pima Reservation on Jan 12, 1923. A United
States Marine and Hero as well. His parents Joe E. and Nancy W. Hayes were
both farming people.
. Its nice to know the merits of Ira Hayes were enough to recieve
the Medal of Honor.
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