Octavio Sanchez and Aaron Mankin, both wounded service members who were given new noses by UCLA's world-class plastic reconstructive surgeons, take a moment to catch up at UCLA Medical Center Nov. 24. Mankin and Sanchez are both medically retired Marines who have had multiple surgeries 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 22, 2008
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California - Octavio Sanchez and Aaron Mankin, both wounded service members who were given new noses by UCLA's world-class plastic reconstructive surgeons, take a moment to catch up at UCLA Medical Center Nov. 24. Mankin and Sanchez are both medically retired Marines who have had multiple surgeries 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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