Marisol's great grandfather also fought in World War 1, in the American Expeditionary Force. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery and despite his wounds he refused to be evacuated until all wounded enlisted men had been evacuated first.

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Also remembering my late wife's grandfather who also served on the Western Front in WW1 as part of the ANZAC forces there and who stayed on after as part of the Commonwealth War Graves detachment to recover the remains of the fallen for proper burial. I […]

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@ai6yr that's pretty wild, and reminded me of the hypothesis that the only reason the Californian Condor survived when the rest went extinct was because coastal populations also had marine food sources like seals.

There's a good video from the PBS Eons folks about condors here […]

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The aircraft that did the flyover for the Eagles game today popped up again looking to be heading into the airport for the 177th Fighter Wing New Jersey Air National Guard, so presumably these were F-16C's.

So Falcon's, not Eagles. Someone get whoever arranged this an ornithologist, stat. 😉 #avgeek