Army was testing out the feasibility of having platoons of soldiers parachute from air planes. One of the first units to attempt to group jump out of a plane was located in Fort Benning, Georgia. On the night before the group was set to make their first jump, they all got together and went out for a night on the town, including going to see a movie and generally getting as drunk as possible afterward at a bar.
His fellow soldiers called B. This is possibly in reference to the story that the Native American Geronimo was given that name by Mexican soldiers after incidents where Geronimo, showing complete disregard for his own personal safety, attacked armed Mexican soldiers with nothing but a knife, surviving each of those attacks despite being constantly shot at.
The name stems from the soldiers yelling and pleading to Saint Jerome for help as they faced Geronimo. This practice eventually caught on with the general public thanks to extensive news media coverage of these parachuting troops, jumping out of a plane obviously being something of a novelty at the time.
He was there at Fort Benning from the very start, before the st was even brought in and added to the nd Reg. He said you are incorrect. They regularly practiced jumping between 8, and 1, feet. The th Reg. Thank you for that that is amazing. This is information and I will keep forever I love stories from great men such as this one.
Please think that fine Warrior that you got the story from for me please. Tonto was played by Jay Silverheels. Chief Thunderclouc was Tonto in the two serials that were shown in theaters, before the popularity of TV.
In a way, it almost proves the original story, since it would make it easier for the trainers to imprint the word to be used in an emergency, being the last word the trainees issued as they jumped. Actually, No. It is easier to rewrite history to MAKE things sound more reasonable, or just make up a story after the fact … but if someone says that they remembered something different, why should we automatically accept their version as truth?
There is a documentary of his jump with all the other brave men. In this documentary he lands on top of one of his fellow soldiers parachutes. He did not speak often of the war for he has night terrors.
He finally told us that he never did open his chute he climbed down and hook himself to the other soldiers gear and rode down together. Where would I go to find that film of that historic jump.
According to the Wiki, both of those explanations are correct and also includes two other explanations, for a total of 4 different origins of why Geronimo is yelled as you jump from a high place.
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Apache Indians Weapons. Apache Sitemap. After the movie, there was beer. After beer, there was, as there often is, a boast. On their way back to their bunks after the film, the group got to talking about the jump they were doing the next day, their first as a group.
The paratroopers only had a few solo jumps under their belts, and many of them were admittedly nervous. The mass jump would be nothing! The other soldiers gave him a hard time.
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