Using a photographic enlargement , Rene Gagnon identified four other flag - raisers in the photograph besides himself , but refused to identify Ira Hayes as the sixth flag - raiser .
Ira Hayes warned him not to .
Using a photographic enlargement , Rene Gagnon identified four other flag - raisers in the photograph besides himself , but refused to identify Ira Hayes as the sixth flag - raiser because Hayes warned him not to .