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 Ira Hayes - Arlington VA Posted by:  Don.Morfe
N 38° 52.296 W 077° 04.224
18S E 320388 N 4304565
Corporal USMC World War II-Participant in the famous flag raising on Iwo Jima, Japan in February 23 1945.
Waymark Code: WM12JKM
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 06/05/2020
Views: 3
He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Section 34, Lot 479A. The inscription on his faded upright marble marker is: Ira Hamilton Hayes, Arizona, Cpl, US Marine Corps, World War II, Jan 12 1925, Jan 24, 1955.
Description:
From Wikipedia (in part) Ira Hamilton Hayes (January 12, 1923 – January 24, 1955) was a Pima Native American and a United States Marine during World War II. Hayes was an enrolled member of the Gila River Pima Indian Reservation located in the Pinal and Maricopa counties in Arizona. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve on August 26, 1942, and, after recruit training, volunteered to become a Paramarine. He fought in the Bougainville and Iwo Jima campaigns in the Pacific War.
Hayes was generally known as one of the six flag raisers immortalized in the iconic photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima by photographer Joe Rosenthal.[5][6] The first flag raised over Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945 at the south end of Iwo Jima, was deemed too small and replaced the same day by a larger flag. As there was no photograph of the first flag-raising, the second flag-raising photograph which included Hayes in it, became famous and was widely reproduced. After the battle, Hayes and two other men were identified as surviving second flag-raisers and were reassigned to help raise funds for the Seventh War Loan drive. In 1946, after his service in the Marine Corps, he was instrumental in revealing the correct identity of one of the Marines in the photograph.
Date of birth: 01/12/1923
Date of death: 01/24/1955
Area of notoriety: Military
Marker Type: Headstone
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: None
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
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