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The Ballad of Ira Hayes

posted 10 years ago by shoobe01
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Just heard this on the radio today. Apparently, though covered a lot at the time, this fell off the radar over the decades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Ira_Hayes

It's quite decent, and the story (downtrodden, volunteers for war, celebrated, forgotten) tracks pretty well with the overall movie themes.

The version here (there's a 30 second preview available for free) I think would have fit rather neatly into something like the closing credits, for example:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Ballad-of-Ira-Hayes/dp/B00LBQNC1Q

[–] adamkrentz 9 years ago

As a Marine I love this song.

[–] harrison_1 8 years ago

I just heard Johnny Cash's recording of 'The Ballad of Ira Hayes' for the first time a couple of years ago. I must admit I didn't realize at the time that the song was about a real person. I imagined the songs lyrics depicted a typical scenario that could have befallen any number of Soldiers from an American Native Indian heritage. A scenario of facing racism and a tough times after bravely fighting for their country in war. Now that I have just seen 'Flags of Our Fathers' I know that Ira Hayes and his story were very real. Any how, this was a fine movie and congratulations to Clint Eastwood on his achievement here.