Who first shouted "Geronimo!" on making a parachute jump and why?

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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. Eberhardt told his peers that he would call "Geronimo" to prove he was not scared. As the chutes popped open, the guys on the ground could clearly hear a shout of "Geronimo!" followed by an Indian war whoop. Eberhardt had made good on his boast and the unofficial yell of U.S. airborne troops had been born. http://www.ask.com/web?q=Why+Do+People+Yell+Geronimo&qsrc=6&o=0&l=dir Also see: http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question4322.html Why do people yell "Geronimo!" when jumpimg out of a plane? Jan 18 04, 9:06 PM

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