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In the movie Flags of Our Fathers, the Native American soldier Ira Hayes doesn't understand a white officer speaking to him in 'his' Native American language. Is this portraying the ignorance of the white officer of would Hayes likely not have spoken a native language?

by /u/yingguopingguo in /r/AskHistorians

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