Piestewa Peak (/paɪˈɛstəwɑː/py-ES-tə-wah;[4] O'odham: Vainom Do'ag, formerly Squaw Peak), at 2,610 feet (796 m) is the second highest point in the Phoenix Mountains, after Camelback Mountain, and the third highest in the city of Phoenix, Arizona. It is located in the Piestewa Peak Recreation Area within the Phoenix Mountain Preserve, near Piestewa Freeway (Arizona State Highway 51). Piestewa Peak is named in honor of Army Spc. Lori Ann Piestewa, the first known Native American woman to die in combat in the U.S. military,[5] and the first female soldier to be killed in action in the 2003 Iraq War.[6]
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PiestewaPeak (/paɪˈɛstəwɑː/ py-ES-tə-wah; O'odham: Vainom Do'ag, formerly Squaw Peak), at 2,610 feet (796 m) is the second highest point in the Phoenix...
in the Iraq War. Arizona's PiestewaPeak is named in her honor. Piestewa was born in Tuba City, Arizona, to Terry Piestewa and Priscilla "Percy" Baca...
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north–south route and is known for traversing the PiestewaPeak Recreation Area. The peak was named after Lori Piestewa, the first Native American woman to die...
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over their heads and went through a V opening in the peaks of the mountain range towards PiestewaPeak Mountain and toward the direction of Phoenix Sky Harbor...
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