On this date six decades ago, "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" was released by Johnny Cash as a single. This timeless song narrates the journey of Ira Hayes, an indigenous American who served as a Marine, in a heartfelt ode to an important aspect of the Native American experience 🌟 Listen: https://johnnycash.lnk.to/BitterTearsohnn | Johnny Cash

On this date in 1964, JOHNNY CASH released the single THE BALLAD OF IRA HAYES (Jun 2, 1964) Fifty-eight years ago today, Johnny Cash released the folk song, “The Ballad of Ira Hayes.” Backlash immediately followed. The song is about a real-life man, Ira Hayes who was a Pima Native American and one of the Marines in the famous photo from Iwo Jima. He was one of six men to return from that battle. However, after his heroic deeds during World War II, Hayes battled alcoholism and unhappiness on a re

Bob Dylan - The Ballad of Ira Hayes (HD FOOTAGE from the Tuscarora Reservation, 1975) __________________________________________________________ This is very special footage of Bob playing Peter La Farge's ballad that tells the story of Ira Hayes, one of the six Marines who became famous for having raised the flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II. This was recorded in 1975, and the footage was finally released in the new Netflix documentary, "Rolling Thunder Revue

553K views · 14K reactions | The Defense Department has removed a webpage celebrating Native American Ira Hayes, one of six Marines seen raising a U.S. flag on Iwo Jima in 1945 in an iconic photo. It was reportedly one of several pages about minority service members erased from the site under President Trump’s anti-DEI mandate. | CBS Mornings | Facebook