Ira Hayes

Flags of Our Fathers This book captures the difficult times during World War II aiming particularly at the Battle of Iwo Jima in Japan. Including six individuals whose lives have never cross were destined to freeze in-time together, forever in a photo op they never consented to. Taking pictures would be the last thing on their mind in the heat of battle. A Marine's mind processes various trains of thought, for example, where is my buddy, did he survive the mortar attack or is the next one gonna…

Fathers, directed by Clint Eastwood, is a film that is successful in portraying both a Native American and white soldiers as humans. Not only was Ira Hayes, a Pima Native American, one of the main characters, he was also a character with as much depth and humanity as his white counterparts. Although there are several moments of racial dialogues towards Ira from his superiors, it seems as though director Clint Eastwood is pointing to these scenes as flawed instead of simply leaving them as they…

Indeed, Ira, Rene and Doc are sent on a tour to raise funds, through the purchase of bonds by Americans, for the war. It is explained to them when they first refused their “new mission” that without additional revenue, there would be no more money to support the…

Rene, who was a messenger, learned how to handle the rifles, along with Doc, who was a corpsman. Mike, Harlon, and Franklin became rifle specialists, and Ira was a "BAR" man. He was he-man that was handling a Browning automatic rifle. Also at Camp Pendleton, Spearhead trained for six months. They had to practice tactical marches, swimming, and mock assaults. They also knew they were training for something…

“No one spoke of war. Neither did they even think they would be considered heroes” The picture or the statue, most people have seen it in their lifetime. They have seen it maybe even touched it but never dug into the meaning behind it. They never dug into the truth about it, or the battle. Common people have never dug into the truths behind that sight. This Movie about the raising of the flag shows much more about how the battle of Iwo Jima played out. Flag for Our Fathers is a movie that is…

his buddies from Easy Company, Franklin Sousley, Harlon Block, Ira Hayes, Rene Gagnon, and Mike Strank. Franklin’s home was in Kentucky, in 1944 Sousley was Drafted into the Army Infantry but instead of going into the Army Franklin enlisted in the Marines. As for Harlon Block and his undefeated football buddies back in Texas, they all decided to enlist in the Marine Corps together. Many do not know why the quiet, Pima Indian, Ira Hayes joined the Marines, but he did and he served alongside his…

2010). A unionist dismisses the human rights infringement and saw the examinations as assaulting the RUC and the state (Doyle, 2010). Unionists concurred they were agreeable to "the death penalty and the utilization of trap strategies against the IRA" since they were debilitating the sacred status of Northern Ireland (Doyle, 2010,…

the morning of February 23rd, a marine patrol fought its way to the summit of Mount Suribachi and raised the U.S. flag. One of those men who raised the flag was named Ira Hayes. Ira Hayes is a full-blooded member of the small Pima tribe in Arizona.” Many people used Hayes as a special celebrity to demonstrate wartime unity. Sadly, Hayes struggled for the rest of his life with that notoriety, and finally died, destitute and suffering from alcoholism at the age of 33 in 1955. The final death toll…

our fathers John Bradley a quiet man that didn't worry about much at all from a small Wisconsin town ,Franklin Sousley, farming man from eastern Kentucky wasn’t afraid of anyone is a fun loving person,Harlon Block athletic young man a free spirit,Ira Hayes from gila river indian reservation a Pima Indian was very quiet and always displayed a keen mind,Rene Gagnon from Manchester the only child from his family has handsome good looks and almost always the center of attention ,Mike Strank the…

released. Of the six flag-raisers in Rosenthal’s photograph three survived to see the success and controversy the photo caused. The six flag raisers were as follows: Michael Strank, Harlon H. Block, Rene A. Gagnon, John H. Bradley, Ira H. Hayes, and Franklin R. Sousley. Hayes, Gagnon, and Bradley were the only survivors of the six. While they were hesitant at first, they traveled across the United States serving as War Bond ambassadors and attending ceremonies after the war. Throughout the…