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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.
Harlyn Geronimo, known to be Geronimo's great-grandson, said to the Senate Commission on Indian Affairs: [92] [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 ...
"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. "I love the Apaches and Geronimo was the ultimate Apache. But Geronimo was more than an Apache he was the essence of a misfit rebel and he would never give up. He was a troublemaker and I ...
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 ...
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Geronimo: The Man, His Time, His Place (1976) Angie Elbertha Debo (January 30, 1890 – February 21, 1988), [ 1 ] was an American historian who wrote 13 books and hundreds of articles about Native American and Oklahoma history. [ 2 ]
Whichever back-to-school quote you choose, one thing’s for sure — using one of these timely and inspirational messages is guaranteed to send you straight to the head of the class. Short back ...
Geronimo Campaign, between May 1885 and September 1886, was the last large-scale military operation of the Apache wars.It took more than 5,000 U.S. Army Cavalry soldiers, led by the two experienced Army generals, in order to subdue no more than 70 (only 38 by the end of the campaign in northern Mexico) Chiricahua Apache who fled the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation and raided parts of the ...