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Dr. Timothy Miller, chief of reconstructive and plastic surgery at the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, shares a laugh with Aaron Mankin during an examination before Mankin's 12th surgery under Miller's knife Nov. 18 at UCLA Medical Center. 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 - Dr. Timothy Miller, chief of reconstructive and plastic surgery at the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, shares a laugh with Aaron Mankin during an examination before Mankin's 12th surgery under Miller's knife Nov. 18 at UCLA Medical Center. 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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