3 facts on Geronimo, Crazy Horse
and Sitting Bull
"Ever wonder why skydivers shout “Geronimo!” when they jump? Especially since the Apache leader never skydived? The tradition comes from U.S. paratroopers training at Fort Benning in 1940. The night before their first jump, they watched the 1939 film Geronimo. To psych themselves up for the jump out of a perfectly good airplane, they shouted his name."
"Crazy Horse was made an officer in the U.S. Indian Scouts and invited to meet President Rutherford B. Hayes (although he declined)."
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"Ever wonder why skydivers shout “Geronimo!” when they jump? Especially since the Apache leader never skydived? The tradition comes from U.S. paratroopers training at Fort Benning in 1940. The night before their first jump, they watched the 1939 film Geronimo. To psych themselves up for the jump out of a perfectly good airplane, they shouted his name."
"Crazy Horse was made an officer in the U.S. Indian Scouts and invited to meet President Rutherford B. Hayes (although he declined)."
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"As for Sitting Bull, the warrior spent four months in 1885 touring with Buff alo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show, delighting audiences by swearing at them in his native tongue."
Source: mentalfloss.com
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