“ultimately because of his drinking passed out and froze to death”
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That’s what happened to Senator George McGovern’s daughter——very sad story.
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That’s what happened to Senator George McGovern’s daughter——very sad story.
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Remember this Pima Indian?
Ira Hayes:
On February 23, 1945, he helped to raise an American flag
over Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, an event photographed by
Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press. Hayes and the other five flag-raisers became national heroes as a result. In 1946, he was instrumental in revealing the true identity of one of the other pictured Marines, who was killed in action on Iwo Jima. However, Hayes was never comfortable with his fame, and after his service in the Marine Corps, he descended into alcoholism. He died of exposure to cold and alcohol poisoning after a night of drinking on January 23–24, 1955. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on February 2, 1955.