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11 posted on 08/26/2012 12:26:53 PM PDT by Hugin ("Most times a man'll tell you his bad intentions, if you listen and let yourself hear."---Open Range)

Yeah, I served with a few of the “Old Guy’s from the WWII Airborne Units.
Some of them were still “Bad Ass” when they got riled .
They were the men we wanted to be. They made you stand up straighter.
GERONIMO.!!

From Wikipedia:
The night before their first attempt to prove the feasibility of a mass jump, some U.S. paratroopers at Fort Benning watched the film Geronimo (1939). While drinking with fellow paratroopers after the show, Private Aubrey Eberhardt announced he would shout the name "Geronimo" when he jumped to prove he was not scared. He followed through with his promise and the practice soon caught on within the unit, becoming its unofficial motto. When the 501st was created the name was confirmed as the unit's official motto with the permission of the real Geronimo's family.

51 posted on 08/26/2012 8:47:44 PM PDT by Stonewall Jackson ("I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.")