The page is graphic intense but well worth the wait, I think.
Enjoy!
Posted on 01/07/2005 2:17:10 PM PST by gunnyg
Was Ira Hayes in that photo?
No
It's not even February!
Hi, My grandfather was on the next boat getting ready to hit the beach. He watched from that boat history being made. Told me how hard it was to keep the flag up and the men that were lost that day keeping old glory flying. Thank you for your sacrifice and your service, God Bless You!!
There is a radio operator on the left, but I thought Ray Jacobs was the guy on the right.
Which is he?
Ping for a later read.
Looks interesting. Does Ray Jacobs live in Michigan?
We're talking years here, not months--60 years now this story has been waiting!
Hayes accompanied the second group of flag raisers up the hill with the second larger flag when it was determined the first flag was too small to be seen fm the beach.
The photo attached to this posting with the guy holding the M1 Carbine is of the first flag raising of the smaller American flag. The second flag raising later that day with the larger flag became the much more famous image. This still is a sore point among some Iwo vets as the second group of flag raisers were given most of the attention and the first flag raisers almost completely ignored. Of course we should also realize that the mission on Iwo Jima was not to become famous, it was to kill Japanese. I'm sure all the guys involved with the flags felt that was Mission Number One.
For Info--Please click on the website below the flag raising pic above; or, click on gunnyg; or, click on any of my links on this topic on my FR page.
Semper Fidelis
Dick Gaines
Remember, don't call him drunken Ira Hayes.
He won't answer any more.
That was some moment.
You can't see him he was off to the right.
There they battled up Iwo Jima's hill,
Two hundred and fifty men
But only twenty-seven lived to walk back down again
And when the fight was over
And when Old Glory raised
Among the men who held it high
Was the Indian, Ira Hayes
There they battled up Iwo Jima's hill,
Two hundred and fifty men
But only twenty-seven lived to walk back down again
And when the fight was over
And when Old Glory raised
Among the men who held it high
Was the Indian, Ira Hayes
Ira returned a hero
Celebrated through the land
He was wined and speeched and honored; Everybody shook his hand
Call him drunken Ira Hayes
He won't answer anymore
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
Nor the Marine that went to war
The page is graphic intense but well worth the wait, I think.
Enjoy!
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