Broken Arrow

Broken Arrow

Broken Arrow may refer to:
* Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, United States

In film and television:
*Broken Arrows
*"Broken Arrow" (1950 film), a Golden Globe-winning western film
*"Broken Arrow" (TV series), an ABC television series, 1956-1960
*"Broken Arrow" (1996 film), starring John Travolta and Christian Slater, and directed by John Woo

In music:
*"Broken Arrow" (album), a 1996 album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse
*"Broken Arrow" (song), by Buffalo Springfield from the 1967 album "Buffalo Springfield Again"
*"Broken Arrow" (Robbie Robertson song), from the 1987 album "Robbie Robertson"
**A cover version by Rod Stewart from the 1991 album "Vagabond Heart"
*"Broken Arrow", a 1959 single by Chuck Berry
* Broken Arrow was a Canadian band featuring Paul Humphrey, which released two CDs, "Bend" (1997), and "Four Ways to Centre" (2000).

Broken Arrow may also be:
*An accidental event that involves nuclear weapons or nuclear components but which does not create the risk of nuclear war, known as a Broken Arrow in United States military terminology.
*The United States code for calling in all available aircraft for an airstrike near a friendly position which has been overrun by the foe, and therefore creating a high probability of 'Blue-on-Blue'. An example of this use was shown in the 2002 movie, "We Were Soldiers", a true story during which a Broken Arrow was called in by lieutenant colonel Hal Moore in 1965 while leading his men through the Ia Drang Valley in Vietnam.


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