The U.S. Department of Defense in early 2025 removed a webpage about Ira Hayes, a Marine and Pima Nation member best known for being one of the six men who raised a U.S. flag on Iwo Jima during WWII.

Once in life, a second time in death, Pfc. Ira Hayes — World War II veteran, Iwo Jima flag-raiser, Pima Indian — ran head-on into the homefront propaganda machine. He wasn’t the first, but director ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ira Hamilton Hayes, born in 1923, was a Pima Indian, raised on the Gala Reservation in Arizona. The 15,000 Pima who lived there ...

Pfc. Ira Hayes, left, was one of the six Marines to appear in the famous World War II photograph ‘Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima,’ depicting the second flag-raising on the summit of Mount Suribachi on ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Members of Arizona’s Congressional delegation are calling on the Department of Defense to bring back website articles describing two Native American heroes from Arizona. Reps.

The Trump administration removed Ira Hayes' Native American heritage from the Iwo Jima flag-raising photo website. The Department of Defense cited "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs" as eroding ...