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Ira Hayes, American marine who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima (died 1955)
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US Marine Corps corporal (1923–1955)
Ira Hamilton Hayes was an Akimel O'odham American and a United States Marine during World War II. Hayes was an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, located in Pinal and Maricopa counties in Arizona. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve on August…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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1945 photograph by Joe Rosenthal
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