I-Ira Hayes: I-Arizonan iphakamisa i-Flag yase-US ku-Iwo Jima

I-Ira Hayes yayiyiHhovisi Elihle Lase-Arizona

Amaqhawe angabantu bansuku zonke ababizwa ukuba babhekane nezinselele ezingenakuqhathaniswa futhi ngandlela-thile bayanqoba. U-Ira Hayes, ongumNdiya wasePima ogcwele igazi, wazalwa eGila River Indian Reservation, emakhilomitha ambalwa nje eningizimu yeChandler, e-Arizona , ngoJanuwari 12, 1923. Wayenguye omdala kunabantwana abayisishiyagalombili abazalwa nguNancy noJoe Hayes.

Ukuphila Okuqala Kwama-Ira Hayes

U-Ira Hayes wayengumfana othulile, onesizotha, owakhuliswa umama wakhe owayengumPhrotbyterian okhuthele kakhulu, owafunda iBhayibheli ngokuzwakalayo ezinganeni zakhe, wabakhuthaza ukuba bafunde bebodwa futhi baqiniseke ukuthi bathole imfundo engcono kakhulu etholakalayo.

U-Ira waya esikoleni samabanga aphansi eSacaton futhi waba namamaki amahle. Lapho eqedile, wangena ePhoenix Indian School, nalapho enza kahle khona isikhashana. Lapho eneminyaka engu-19, ngo-1942, washiya isikole futhi wabhalisa eMarines, naphezu kokuthi wayengakaze aziwa ukuthi unomncintiswano noma unomncintiswano. Ngemva kokuhlaselwa eJapan ePearl Harbour , wazizwa njengelungelo lokuthanda izwe lokukhonza. I-Tribe ivunyiwe. U-Ira wenza kahle empilweni yempi yesiyalo nenselele. Ucele ukuqeqeshwa kweparachute futhi wamukelwa. UJames Bradley, encwadini yakhe ethi "The Flags of Fathers", uthe abafana bakhe bambiza ngokuthi "Chief Falling Cloud." U-Ira wathunyelwa eNingizimu Pacific.

U-Ira Hayes no-Iwo Jima

I-Jima iyisiqhingi esincane se-volcanic esingaba ngu-700 mi. eningizimu yeTokyo. I-Mount Suribachi iyinhloko ephakeme kakhulu ekuphakameni kwama-516 ft. Kwakuyindawo yokuhlinzekwa yabalingani futhi kubalulekile ukuvimbela isitha ekusebenziseni kanjalo.

Ngo-Ephreli 19, 1945, inqwaba yamaMarines yafika esiqhingini, ibhekene nebutho elilinganayo labavikeli baseJapane. Enye yezinsuku ezine ezinamandla kakhulu, ezinamandla kunazo zonke zokulwa, ezalandela lapho iMarines ithatha khona ukulimala okungaphezu kwezinyanga ezimbalwa zempi eGuadalcanal. Yilapho izenzakalo zithathe ukuphenduka okungalindelekile ku-Ira Hayes.

NgoFebhuwari 23, 1945, iMarines engamashumi amane yakhuphukela iNtaba iSuribachi ukuze itshale i-Flag Flag yaseMelika phezulu kwegquma. UJoe Rosenthal, umculi wezithombe ze-AP, wathatha izibhamu eziningana zomcimbi. Omunye wabo waba isithombe esidumile sokuphakanyiswa kwefulegi ku-Iwo Jima, isithombe esasheshe saba uphawu lwendawo yonke olusenamuhla . UJoe Rosenthal wathola umklomelo wePulitzer. Amadoda ayisithupha atshale ifulegi esithombeni kwakukhona uMike Strank wasePennsylvania, uHarlon Block waseTexas, uFranklin Sousley waseKentucky, uJohn Bradley waseWisconsin, uRene Gagnon waseNew Hampshire, no-Ira Hayes wase-Arizona. Strank, Block, no-Sousley bafa empini.

UMnyango Wezempi udinga amaqhawe futhi la madoda amathathu akhethwa. Baya eWashington bahlangana noMongameli Truman. UMnyango wezeMali udinge imali futhi uqale umthamo wokubophezela. Amaqhawe, kuhlanganise no-Ira Hayes, ayehamba emadolobheni angu-32. UJohn Bradley no-Ira Hayes babenqabile ukuboniswa komphakathi lapho beyizigqila. URene Gagnon wayekujabulela futhi wayethemba ukwakha ikusasa lakhe kulo.

I-Life Post Izo Jima

Kamuva, uJohn Bradley washada nomngane wakhe othandekayo, wakhulisa umndeni, futhi akazange akhulume ngempi. U-Ira Hayes ubuyele ekubhujisweni. Noma yini ayibonayo nokuhlangenwe nakho yahlala ivalwe ngaphakathi kwayo.

Kuthiwa ube nomuzwa wokuthi unecala ngokuphila kwakhe ngenkathi abaningi bamantombazane befa. Wazizwa enecala ukuthi wayebhekwa njengeqhawe nakuba abaningi bebelokhu behlabela okuningi. Wasebenza emisebenzini elula. Wabeka intukuthelo yakhe ngokuphuza utshwala. Waboshwa cishe izikhathi ezingamashumi amahlanu ngenxa yokudakwa. Ngomhla kaJanuwari 24, 1955, ekuseni ekuseni kubanda, u-Ira Hayes watholakala eshonile - ephuzile efile - nje ibanga elivela ekhaya lakhe. I-coroner yathi yingozi.

U-Ira Hamilton Hayes wangcwatshwa e- Arlington National Cemetery . Wayeneminyaka engu-32 ubudala.

Okuningi Nge-Ira Hayes ne-Flag Ukukhulisa ku-Iwo Jima

Ngemuva kukaJohn Bradley, omunye wabeluleki be-Iwo Jima, wafa eneminyaka engamashumi ayisikhombisa nomndeni wakhe wathola amabhokisi amaningana ezincwadi nezithombe uJohn ayezigcine empini yakhe. UJames Bradley, omunye wamadodana akhe, wabhala incwadi esekelwe kulezo zincwadi, iFlagi of Fathers Yethu eyaba incwadi eNew York Times engcono kakhulu.

Yenziwe ibe yi-movie ngo-2006, eqondiswa yiClint Eastwood.

Ngo-2016, i-New York Times yanyathelisa isihloko esasiveza ukungaqiniseki okuhlobene nesiqu sokuthi isithombe esivelele sabantu abayisithupha abaphakamisa ifulege ku-Iwo Jima sasihlanganisa noJohn Bradley noma cha. Isihloko esifanayo sanyatheliswa ngosuku olufanayo yiWashington Post.

Nakuba kungenzeka ukuthi kwakuneziphakamiso ezimbili zefulegi, okunye okubekwe eceleni, akungabazeki ukuthi u-Ira Hayes wayengomunye wamadoda aphakamisa lelo fulegi.

I-Ballad ka-Ira Hayes ibhalwe nguPeter LaFarge. UBob Dylan wabhala, kodwa inguqulo edume kakhulu kwakunguJohnny Cash, ebhalwe ngo-1964.