Reply #8: Then that's how they feel. I'm just telling the story of how it [View All]

came into use in the military. It's not really about how anyone feels. It's what happened and what's behind the use of the word.

Geronimo was a very brave warrior. There's no question about that. Maybe that is the reference that was meant by its use in WWII by some other very brave warriors.

I do not know the answer to that question, since I was not old enough then to have experienced that war. It may just be that that old movie portrayed Geronimo as a brave warrior and that captured the imagination of those four paratroopers in training. I'll have to see if I can find the film and watch it.

I just thought it was an interesting bit of military history. Your viewpoint may differ. :shrug: