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I About two me in ( < nlh nths a ago o 1 t young youngman youiman I Iman man who walk wnlk I 1 with a slight limpvisited limp limpv lirrvlaltpd v visited ttf'd ttfd ' the Din Dtn saur sallr isaur ) Nation NationMonument 11 tl 11Monument tlMonument Monume-nt Monume nt Monument - ] II I wore an IiVllllor aviators aviatorsuniform aviatoruniform 1\ 1 \ 1uniform uniform with th tin rarelf-ss rarelf ss caresB careless ) ( , - ' ease t'Me tMe of ofor (01 01 ( 01 or a e " who "ho ho h1Ut hat h1U\ h1U has \ t \ ( ' epn 't'n tn ern ' In tht the th ( serv1ct service servicefor servlfor ( ' for a B loi lor lm g tlir tilT thr Fully FUllv Fatly last la'lt lalt ' 'IlImm IlImm sumrn ' suimiithis r rthis rthis this your YOUI K I g { < ( (111 111 ( tI ill ! ' PI 1'1 11 et wa was ' ! 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' When WhenR Whenasker Wheasker R . asker , > ker II tI U e p dyer flyer said satd Oh I thot thotthL'I thotthis thithia thL'I thLI this ' was as a'l al ' good a chance as any anyto anyto arto to look around arounc1 the coun country try He Heleft Heleft I : left unsaid unsnJd that thl1t he hI ' wished wiahed to see seellOmethlng seesomething fitsomething llOmethlng something more of the nation that thathe thathe thihe he had already alrt'ady alrtady : ' been wounded try trylng trying trjIng lng ing to defendThe defendThe defend defendThe The young officer officf'r officfr ' lImpt limped " up tht the intrail thetrail ' trall trail to the Dinosaur Quarry Qul1rry and andwas andwas anwas was shown whentons where when- when - tons of f015S11 fossils fossilshad fossilhad a had been removed atnce since erne 1009 1909 We Weexplalnt'd Weexplained Wexplained explalnt'd explalntd explained ' to him the plans of the theNational theNational thNational National Park 8 < ' Service 'rv1ce rv1ce Bervice for a & per- per permanent permanent permanent - manent museum musl"um muslum " In place h how hove the thedark thedark thdark dark sandstone sandtltone cliff with dinosaurskeletons dinosaur dinosaurskeletons dinosauskeletons skeletons in In place would make one onewall onewall onwall wall of or the museum Also AIM we told toldhim toldhim tollhim him how some fossils fossil . ' ! had already alreadybeen alreadybeen alread'been alreadbeen ' been uncovered bu but t had to be betemporarly betemporarly btemporarly temporarly covered coverf'd coverfd ' up again fCJJf for fCJJfthe forthe tothe the duration awaiting awaitlng the cree erec creetlon erectton erectlon tlon tton of the muesiim muesum because water watermight watermight watemight might seep Into the crevt.ses crevtses crevises crevt.sesfreeze crevisesfreeze crevlaeafreeze . freeze and break the bones loose looseHe looseHe looseHe He recognized recognlzed . the t.he possibilities posslbl11t1es possibillues and andvolunteered andvolunteered an anvolunteered < volunteered that such an undertak undertaklng undertaking undertakIng lng ing would take plenty of time and andinfinite andWinne an anInfinite < Infinite Winne patience pa.tience . - - - - - - - - - - - - - t t , ta { ( ( l _ : _ _ _ If Ift IfIv Iv- Iv IvJ Iviinosaur _ : _ - - - - - - - _ t J IIlno"aur IIlnoaur iinosaur " National Monument lIendquarters headquarters and Trail to Qua Qun . ry wh.re whre where . thousands thou nd'J ndJ ' hdve have bn been _ 1m im 1mpr'd impressed pr'd prd pressed " , ( ' with I.hlstorlc Ihlstorlc I'rehistor1e Irehistor1e . ' . i IOMiIl'J IOMiIlJ ossli9 ' a nd strata - - I INIXt - NIXt Next NIXtH N < xt \H H wt \ w ( hiked d down the nar narrow row trull trail to the ledge INIRe where chips chipsof < . . , " s I , of bone several lIt'veral lItveral ' yards yard'l yardl ' of verte vertebrae ' brae brne and numerous other fOSllI fossils fossilsare , are I1re exposed expolWc1 In the rock just jll'lt jlllt ' as 115 na nalure naLure lure left them Back flack to the offlcf office officeand " and temporary tempora.ry . museum again we weshowed weshowed showed the officer some half halt tin fin finlahed Ished .shed shed lahed ! . drawings and told t.old . him of ofplans plans pllUU for fixing up the temporarymuseum temporary temporarymUseum museum this th.s ths ! . winter winterIt winterIt It waa was learned that this young youngveteran veteran had completed two year'l yearl years year'lof yearsof s ' of c college llege < > In the east although he hehad had not taken any geology But Butlike like I1ke more than ninety percent pt"rcent ptrcent " athe of ofthe ofthe the visitors vlsltorll he was very much In Intere intereated tere terested tereated ted In Dinosaur Natlona Natlonal National NatlonalMonument NationalMonument . 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