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Aaron Mankin shows pictures of his children to Operation Mend Coordinators Melanie Gideon, for UCLA, and Lisa Gustafson, for Brooke Army Medical Center, at UCLA Medical Center Nov. 18 before Mankin's 12th surgery at the hospital. Mankin was the first wounded service member to take advantage of Operation Mend, a partnership between the U.S. military and UCLA Medical Center, through which UCLA provides world-class plastic reconstructive surgeries to disfigured service members. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ethan E. Rocke)

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LOS ANGELES, California - Aaron Mankin shows pictures of his children to Operation Mend Coordinators Melanie Gideon, for UCLA, and Lisa Gustafson, for Brooke Army Medical Center, at UCLA Medical Center Nov. 18 before Mankin's 12th surgery at the hospital. Mankin was the first wounded service member to take advantage of Operation Mend, a partnership between the U.S. military and UCLA Medical Center, through which UCLA provides world-class plastic reconstructive surgeries to disfigured service members. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ethan E. Rocke)

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