Tom Holm on Ira Hayes and the Price of Heroism
In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On
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In this episode, Andrew talks to Tom Holm, the author of Ira Hayes, about the Akimel O’odham Warrior, World War II, and the Price of Heroism
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Tom Holm is a professor emeritus of American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona. Professor Holm has published over fifty articles, books, pamphlets, government reports, book reviews and essays, editorials, and book chapters. An enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation with Muskogee Creek ancestry, Holm has served on numerous Native American organization boards, panels, and working groups. He is a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War and has taken part in several programs dealing with veterans’ affairs.