Two Indian heroes, veterans of Pacific campaigns in World War II, are shown on March 22, 1947, as they visited Mayor Fletcher Bowron, center. They were accompanied by friends. The heroes are: Ira Hayes, left, survivor of the historic flag-raising at Mt. Suribachi on Iwo-Jima; and Henry Reed, survivor of the Bataan death march.
Bowron, Fletcher,--1887-1968 Hayes, Ira Reed, Henry Los Angeles (Calif.).--Office of the Mayor Native Americans--California--Los Angeles World War, 1939-1945 Heroes--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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