tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post8884033128539471232..comments2024-03-28T03:17:24.930-04:00Comments on VA Viper: Geronimo died on this day in 1909 - history, quotes, and why we yell his name when we jump out of planesWitt's Endhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04505106934467289492noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-59565931489378845592018-02-19T15:44:09.084-05:002018-02-19T15:44:09.084-05:00If I read Haley correctly (Apaches: A History and ...If I read Haley correctly (Apaches: A History and Culture Portrait, pp.380-1), he implies that the massacre was the work of Chihuahua, not of Geronimo - in that section Haley is talking about is talking about the army's unsuccessful pursuit of Chihuahua, and then introduces the story of the massacre.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-1816673219415152502018-02-17T22:12:08.806-05:002018-02-17T22:12:08.806-05:0011th Airborne song starts out "Down from heav...11th Airborne song starts out "Down from heaven came eleven and there's hell to pay below shout Geronimo!!!!! Geronimo!mosaicwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17190523167729455220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-17799158939883474052018-02-17T10:34:38.577-05:002018-02-17T10:34:38.577-05:00Allegedly, Skull & Bones Society {see: Geo. H....Allegedly, Skull & Bones Society {see: Geo. H.W. Bush; Geo. W. Bush}, has the skull of Geronimo, from grave theft. Has that skull ever been DNA tested? Why has the skull not been returned to the family of Geronimo?<br /><br />Another insult from the crud in Washington, DC, for allowing it.<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/us/20geronimo.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-5170731777309052832016-02-17T10:59:35.779-05:002016-02-17T10:59:35.779-05:00So now there will be a connection in my mind betwe...So now there will be a connection in my mind between Geronimo and Hieronymus Bosch and of course Harry Bosch via JeromeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-5723274439971408882015-02-18T13:40:50.133-05:002015-02-18T13:40:50.133-05:00What part of Apache Indian did you not understand?...What part of Apache Indian did you not understand?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00919376680621222527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-85326321209700292822015-02-18T11:43:24.907-05:002015-02-18T11:43:24.907-05:00"According to James L. Haley, "About two..."According to James L. Haley, "About two weeks after the escape there was a report of a family massacred near Silver City; one girl was taken alive and hanged from a meat hook jammed under the base of her skull."<br /><br />Yeah, he was a real hero, that Geronimo. He could torture a little girl to death.Jupiterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13008508862847561845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-68404567720207804332015-02-17T22:46:42.887-05:002015-02-17T22:46:42.887-05:00I've heard that since the 1940's.I've heard that since the 1940's.<br />Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16790722610919314947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-81011137342347287822015-02-17T19:37:19.565-05:002015-02-17T19:37:19.565-05:00Five dope ropes, 23 free falls, and 2 HALOs. Neve...Five dope ropes, 23 free falls, and 2 HALOs. Never once yelled "Geronimo." Was too scared! Afraid that if I opened my mouth, I'd scream like a little girl!Retired Spookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07162727356116384883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-55343586781668784212015-02-17T18:32:19.614-05:002015-02-17T18:32:19.614-05:00About a year after I quit sport skydiving, I reali...About a year after I quit sport skydiving, I realized that I had never once heard somebody shout "Geronimo!" when exiting the plane. I was disappointed.Jason in KTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-56297401603047708232015-02-17T17:35:19.290-05:002015-02-17T17:35:19.290-05:00If he was "Born along the Gila River in what ...If he was "Born along the Gila River in what is now Arizona during a time when his people were fighting both U.S. and Mexican settlers for their lands" in 1829, it would be at least 20 (more like 25) years before "his people" had an axe to grind against Americans.<br /><br />God, I hate how PC turns people into idiots.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-75619009221078894432015-02-17T15:57:42.039-05:002015-02-17T15:57:42.039-05:00I thought parachutists yelled "Geronimo"...I thought parachutists yelled "Geronimo" because it made them spread their mouths so wide that their eustachian tubes opened and they wouldn't pop their eardrums before their 'chutes deployed. Both could be true, of course.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957553963422292205noreply@blogger.com