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Harlyn Geronimo, known to be Geronimo's great-grandson, said to the Senate Commission on Indian Affairs: [91] [The use of "Geronimo" in the raid that killed Bin Laden] either was an outrageous insult [or] mistake and it is clear from the military records released that the name Geronimo was used at times by military personnel involved for both ...
Others said that it showed bravery and should be encouraged. Eventually the latter view won out, and when the Army's paratrooper regiment grew, the cry grew with it. In the early 1940s, the Army's 501st and 509th Parachute Infantry Regiments incorporated the name "Geronimo" into its insignias, with the permission of Geronimo's descendants.
There’s also a legend that Geronimo himself came up with the battle cry, yelling his own name as he leapt down a nearly vertical cliff on horseback to escape American troops at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
The historical Geronimo was the leader of the Chiricahua Apache who defied the U.S. government and eluded capture. His name has long been embraced in United States military culture as a war cry. Channel 4 News said "According to some analysis today, the U.S. military chose the code name because bin Laden, like Geronimo, had evaded capture for ...
Helen Macdonald said she had been denied knowing when, where and how Geronimo died, and had been refused an independent post-mortem. Geronimo’s owner accuses Government of cover-up Skip to main ...
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Larry Gross wrote a diary on the filming of Geronimo. He recalls reading Milius' script in 1988 when Hill was working on Johnny Handsome. [9]: 22 "I like Geronimo just as he was, a human predator", said Milius. [10] "Geronimo was a man who saw the history of his people wiped out", added Milius.
A destruction warrant on the alpaca runs until September 4 and Helen Macdonald wants Defra to allow him to be tested for bovine TB for a third time.