[Vision2020] Ira Hayes' Story: remember all who fought

Sun May 27 20:27:56 PDT 2007

Sue,

Sue,

Wish I had your class in college. What a great topic for our youth.

Matt

>From: "Sue Hovey" <suehovey at moscow.com>
>To: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>, "'Tim Lohrmann'" 
><timlohr at yahoo.com>,        <vision2020 at moscow.com>, "Mark Solomon" 
><msolomon at moscow.com>
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Ira Hayes' Story: remember all who fought
>Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 12:35:26 -0700
>
>Re: [Vision2020] Ira Hayes' Story: remember all who foughtInteresting you 
>should mention Ira Hayes and Audie Murphy.  I had a sociology unit on 
>heroes & leaders in which I had students consider Ira Hayes, Audie Murphy 
>and Sgt. York and their achieved status as heroes.  Students made some 
>interesting comparisons.
>
>Sue
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Mark Solomon
>   To: Tom Hansen ; 'Tim Lohrmann' ; vision2020 at moscow.com
>   Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 11:50 AM
>   Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Ira Hayes' Story: remember all who fought
>
>
>   An update on the story in the lyrics: in 1988 the Pima's settled their 
>water rights claim and are now receiving their share of water via the Salt 
>River and Central Arizona Projects.
>
>
>   Mark
>
>
>   At 11:26 AM -0700 5/27/07, Tom Hansen wrote:
>     Thanks, TL.
>
>     Although Ira Hayes was not afforded the same recognition as Audie 
>Murphy, he is no less a hero.
>
>     "Ballad of Ira Hayes" By Johnny Cash
>     http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Ballad_of_Ira_Hayes.mp3
>
>     "Ballad of Ira Hayes"
>     written by Peter LaFarge
>
>     Ira Hayes, Ira Hayes
>
>     CHORUS:
>     "Call him drunken Ira Hayes
>     He won't answer anymore
>     Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
>     Nor the Marine that went to war
>
>     Gather round me people there's a story I would tell
>     About a brave young Indian you should remember well
>     From the land of the Pima Indian
>     A proud and noble band
>     Who farmed the Phoenix valley in Arizona land
>
>     Down the ditches for a thousand years
>     The water grew Ira's peoples' crops
>     'Till the white man stole the water rights
>     And the sparklin' water stopped
>
>     Now Ira's folks were hungry
>     And their land grew crops of weeds
>     When war came, Ira volunteered
>     And forgot the white man's greed
>
>     CHORUS:
>     Call him drunken Ira Hayes
>     He won't answer anymore
>     Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
>     Nor the Marine that went to war
>
>     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
>
>     CHORUS:
>     Call him drunken Ira Hayes
>     He won't answer anymore
>     Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
>     Nor the Marine that went to war
>
>     Ira returned a hero
>     Celebrated through the land
>     He was wined and speeched and honored;
>     Everybody shook his hand
>
>     But he was just a Pima Indian
>     No water, no crops, no chance
>     At home nobody cared what Ira'd done
>     And when did the Indians dance
>
>     CHORUS:
>     Call him drunken Ira Hayes
>     He won't answer anymore
>     Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
>     Nor the Marine that went to war
>
>     Then Ira started drinkin' hard;
>     Jail was often his home
>     They'd let him raise the flag and lower it
>     like you'd throw a dog a bone!
>
>     He died drunk one mornin'
>     Alone in the land he fought to save
>     Two inches of water in a lonely ditch
>     Was a grave for Ira Hayes
>
>     CHORUS:
>     Call him drunken Ira Hayes
>     He won't answer anymore
>     Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
>     Nor the Marine that went to war
>
>     Yeah, call him drunken Ira Hayes
>     But his land is just as dry
>     And his ghost is lyin' thirsty
>     In the ditch where Ira died."
>
>     ------------
>
>     Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
>     Tom Hansen
>     Moscow, Idaho
>
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>     From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com 
>[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Tim Lohrmann
>     Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 11:08 AM
>     To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>     Subject: [Vision2020] Ira Hayes' Story: remember all who fought
>
>
>     http://thegoldweb.com/voices/irahayes.htm
>
>     The link above does a pretty good job of telling the story of Ira 
>Hayes, one of the marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima in one of the most 
>memorable photographs of WWII.
>
>     Although Hayes wasn't actually killed in action, his story seems well 
>worth remembering on Memorial Day.
>     His story is just one of thousands of stories of veterans who were 
>praised as heroes, but then forgotten and ignored---with tragic 
>consequences---when the fighting was over.
>
>     We should never forget those who died in combat.
>
>     Neither should we forget those who come home with the scars of war.
>     They deserve much better than the neglect Hayes, and millions of 
>others, have received when they returned.
>
>     TL
>
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>     "Those 'technicalities' have a name, Bobby. They're called the Bill of 
>Rights.
>                                                                          
>----Hank Hill
>
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