Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: monteini on November 01, 2005, 07:14:33 AM
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During World War 2, American paratroopers were advised to yell when leaping from their airplanes to relieve pressure on their ears and lesson nervous tension. Why was it popular to yell the word GERONIMO?
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It's a good jaw work?
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It beat counting 1-2-3
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The custom of yelling "Geronimo!" is attributed to Aubrey Eberhardt, a member of the U.S. Army's parachute "test platoon" that demonstrated the feasibility of parachute troop drops at Fort Benning, Georgia, in 1940. To speed up the drops, the brass decided to try a mass jump, in which the chutists would jump from the plane in quick succession. The men were nervous about this, and to relieve the tension a group of them went to see a western at the post movie house the night before the jump. The movie featured the cavalry mixing it up with the famous Apache chief Geronimo. None of our sources said exactly what movie this was, but one supposes it was Geronimo (1939) with Andy Devine and Gene Lockhart.
whats my prize ? lol
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Your prize is a GREAT JOB from me (NICK172 in the game).
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how about I get to vulch u 10 times :) lol j/k
I knew the answer cause it was on an episode of Mail Call on history channel about a month ago lol