Quiet Hero: The Ira Hayes Story cover

Quiet Hero: The Ira Hayes Story

Author: Nelson, S.D.

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level 5.6
Points 0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 1604
Points per Word 0.000312
Page Count 32
Points per Page 0.015625

Description

This biography is of Native American Ira Hayes, a shy, humble Pima Indian who fought in World War II as a Marine and was one of six soldiers to raise the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima, an event immortalized in Joe Rosenthal's famous photograph.