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A skin graft taken from Aaron Mankin's chest is placed over the exposed tissue left on the left side of his nose after doctors performed a surgery to thin out his nose Nov. 18 at UCLA Medical Center. Mankin has had more than 50 surgeries since he was wounded May 11, 2005. Twelve of them have been at UCLA Medical Center through 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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Nov 18, 2008

UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California - A skin graft taken from Aaron Mankin's chest is placed over the exposed tissue left on the left side of his nose after doctors performed a surgery to thin out his nose Nov. 18 at UCLA Medical Center. Mankin has had more than 50 surgeries since he was wounded May 11, 2005. Twelve of them have been at UCLA Medical Center through 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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