I-Ira Hayes yayiyiHero e-Arizona edibanayo
AmaHlathi ngabantu abemihla ngemihla ababizwa ukuba babhekane nemingeni engaphephekanga kwaye ngandlela-thile bayakwazi. U-Ira Hayes, umNdiya wasePima ozele igazi, wazalwa kwi-Gila River Indian Reservation, nje ngeekhilomitha ezimbalwa ezantsi kweChandler, eArizona , ngoJanuwari 12, 1923. Wayengowokuzalwa kwabantwana abasibhozo abazalwa nguNancy noJoe Hayes.
Ubomi bokuqala bukaIra Hayes
UIra Hayes wayengumntwana okhulileyo, okhuselekileyo, okhuliswe ngumama wakhe onguPresbyterian, owayefunda iBhayibhile ngokuvakalayo kubantwana bakhe, wabakhuthaza ukuba bafundele bodwa baze baqinisekise ukuba banemfundo efanelekileyo kakhulu.
U-Ira waya esikolweni saseprayimari eSacaton waza waba namabakala amahle. Ekugqibeleni, wangena kwiFienix Indian School, apho naye wenza kakuhle kakhulu ixesha elithile. Xa eneminyaka eyi-19, ngo-1942, wayeka isikolo waza wabhalisa eMarines, nangona wayengazange aziwayo ukuba ukhuphisana okanye angene. Emva kokuhlaselwa kweJapan kwiPearl Harbor , wayeziva ukuba ngumsebenzi wakhe wokuthanda izwe. Uhlanga luvunyiwe. U-Ira wenza kakuhle kwimimandla yomkhosi yokuqeqesha kunye nomngeni. Wafaka isicelo sokuqeqeshwa kweparachute kwaye yamkelwa. UJacob Bradley, encwadini yakhe ethi "The Flags of Fathers", wathi abahlobo bakhe bamthi "uMlawuli oyiNtloko." I-Ira yathunyelwa eSouth Pacific.
UIra Hayes no-Iwo Jima
I-Jima iyisiqithi esincinci se-volcanic malunga ne-700 mi. kumzantsi weTokyo. I-Mount Suribachi iyona ntlona ephakamileyo kwi-elevation ye-516 ft. Yayiyinxalenye yokubonelela kubambiswano kwaye kubalulekile ukukhusela intshaba ekuyisebenzeleni.
Ngomhla kaFebhuwari 19, 1945, i-Marines enkulukazi yafika kwisiqithi, ibhekane nomkhosi olinganayo wabalindi baseJapan. Enye yezinto ezinqabileyo, ezinzima kakhulu iintsuku ezine zokulwa, ebudeni apho i-Marines ithatha amaninzi amaninzi ngaphezu kweenyanga ezimbalwa zokulwa eGuadalcanal. Yilapho iziganeko zathatha ukujika okungalindelekanga ku-Ira Hayes.
NgoFebruwari 23, 1945, amaMarines amane aphakama iNtaba yaseSuribachi ukuze atyale i-Flag of American phezulu kwinduli. UJoe Rosenthal, i-AP yeefoto-mifanekiso, wathatha amashishini athile. Omnye wabo waba ngumfanekiso ovelele wokuphakanyiswa kweflegi e-Iwo Jima, umfanekiso owawuba ngumqondiso wehlabathi jikelele okwangoku namhlanje . UJoe Rosenthal wathola umvuzo wePulitzer. Abesithandathu abafake iiflegi kwisithombe babenguMike Strank wasePennsylvania, uHarlon Block waseTexas, uFranlin Sousley waseKentucky, uJohn Bradley waseWisconsin, uRene Gagnon waseNew Hampshire kunye no-Ira Hayes wase-Arizona. Strank, Block, no-Sousley bafa ekulwa.
ISebe leMfa lalifuna amaqhawe kwaye la madoda amathathu atyunjwa. Baya eWashington badibana noMongameli Truman. Isebe leSebe lezeMali lifuna imali kwaye liqalise ukuqhuba i-bond. Amaqhawe, kuquka iIra Hayes, atyunjwa kwiidolophu ezili-32. UJohn Bradley no-Ira Hayes babenqabile ukuboniswa koluntu apho babeyi-pawn. URene Gagnon wayenandipha kwaye wayenethemba lokwakha ikamva lakhe kuyo.
Ubomi bePosi Iwo Jima
Kamva, uJohn Bradley watshata nomyeni wakhe, wakhulisa intsapho, akazange akhulume ngemfazwe. UIra Hayes wabuyela kwindawo yokugcina. Nantoni na ayibonayo kunye namava ayehlala evalelwe ngaphakathi kuye.
Kuye kwathiwa wayenetyala ngenxa yokuba wayesaphila xa abaninzi abahlobo bakhe befa. Waziva enetyala lokuba wayebhekwa njengegorha nangona abaninzi bebingelele kakhulu. Wayesebenza kwimisebenzi emdaka. Wabaleka ukuxhalaba kwakhe kotywala. Wabanjwa malunga namahlanu amaxesha ngenxa yobunxila. Ngomhla kaJanuwari 24, 1955, kusasa kubanda kunye ne-dreary, u-Ira Hayes watholakala eswelekile - wayedakiwe ngokusemthethweni - nje umgama omfutshane ukusuka ekhaya. I-coroner yathi yengozi.
U-Ira Hamilton Hayes wangcwatyelwa kwi- Arlington National Cemetery . Wayeneminyaka engama-32 ubudala.
Olongezelelweyo Ngo-Ira Hayes kunye neNgqungquthela ephakamisa i-Iwo Jima
Emva kokuba uJohn Bradley, omnye we-Iwo Jima ifulegi, abafayo, wafa eneminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe yakhe intsapho yafumanisa iibhokisi ezinobumba kunye neefoto uJohn ayezigcine emkhosini wakhe. UJacob Bradley, omnye wabantwana bakhe, wabhala incwadi esekelwe kula maxwebhu, iiflegi ze-Fathers zethu ezaba yincwadi eNew York Times.
Yenziwe ibhayisikobho ngo-2006, eyalelwe nguClint Eastwood.
Ngo-2016, i-New York Times yashicilela isihloko esabonisa ukungaqiniseki nantoni na ukuba isithunzi esaziwayo samadoda ayisithupha ephakamisa iflegi e-Iwo Jima ifake uJohn Bradley okanye angenjalo. Inqaku elifanayo lipapashwe ngosuku olufanayo ngeWashington Post.
Nangona kubekho iiflegi ezimbini zokubhabhisa iiflegi, enye yazo yayisisigxina, akungabazeki ukuba u-Ira Hayes wayengomnye wabantu abaphakamisa ifulegi.
I-Ballad ka-Ira Hayes yabhalwa nguPeter LaFarge. UBob Dylan wabhala, kodwa ingoma edumileyo yayinguJohnny Cash, ebhalwe ngo-1964.