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  2. Geronimo (exclamation) - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Tall tales were told about Geronimo while at Fort Sill. It was said that one day Geronimo, with the Army in hot pursuit, made a leap on horseback down an almost vertical cliff, a feat that the posse could not duplicate. The legend continues that in the midst of this jump to freedom he gave out the bloodcurdling cry of "Geronimo-o-o!"

  3. Who exactly is Geronimo -- and why do we say his name ... - AOL

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    Most people have heard someone scream, “Geronimo!”, an exclamation most commonly associated with jumping out of airplanes.

  4. Geronimo (1939 film) - Wikipedia

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    The exclamation Geronimo!, shouted when jumping from a great height, may have entered the English language through the 1939 film.During World War II, the film was shown to a group of paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia, who afterwards began to shout Geronimo! at the moment of jumping from the airplane.

  5. 501st Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The unit's motto is "Geronimo," a phrase that has become synonymous with paratroopers and parachutists in general. The motto dates from 1940 and the lead up to World War II. The night before their first attempt to prove the feasibility of a mass jump, some U.S. paratroopers at Fort Benning watched the film Geronimo (1939). While drinking with ...

  6. Talk:Geronimo (exclamation) - Wikipedia

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    A couple more "popular culture" inclusions: in Hot Shots! multiple characters yell "Geronimo!" when paratrooping, and a person dressed as a Native American also jumps, shouting "Me!" In one of the Aladdin movies (I don't recall which one), multiple "clones" of Genie jump out of a plane yelling "Geronimo!" and one of them, dressed as a feminine ...

  7. Code name Geronimo controversy - Wikipedia

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    Apache war leader Geronimo (1829–1909), the namesake of the code name used in the Bin Laden raid. The code name Geronimo controversy came about after media reports that the U.S. operation to kill Osama bin Laden used the code name "Geronimo" to refer to either the overall operation, to fugitive bin Laden himself or to the act of killing or capturing bin Laden.

  8. Booing - Wikipedia

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    In sports, booing by fans is quite common.They may boo particularly-hated players on the opposing team (such as when they leave their original team to individually sign with another team in free agency, or get traded to said team and sign for a significant amount of money), or any opposing player when there is an intense rivalry between the teams. [5]

  9. Geronimo (name) - Wikipedia

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    Geronimo or Gerónimo is a masculine given name, the Italian and Spanish form of Jerome. Jerónimo is an alternative Spanish spelling of Gerónimo. It is also a surname.