 The first known Native American casualty of war was a young Oklahoma man who died during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.Over the course of the war, Native American men fought across the world on all fronts, and were involved in many of the most critical battles involving American troops, including Iwo Jima—the site of Ira Hayes' triumphant moment in the famous photograph of Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima with five of his fellow Marines—the invasion of Normandy, the liberation of the Philippines, the Battle of the Bulge, the liberation of Paris, and the liberation of Belgium.Native Americans were also among the first Americans to enter Germany and played a role in the liberation of Berlin.