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He was born in Jamestown, New York and grew up in Bradford, Pennsylvania.

Hayes graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut in 1946, although Academy records list him in the Class of 1947.

His first command assignment was at the LORAN Transmitting Station in Matsumae, Hokkaidō, Japan.

After a series of Coast Guard cutter command assignments, he attended the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

Upon his graduation, he was stationed in Washington, D. C., where he graduated from George Washington University, earning an M. A.

in international affairs.