Sam Axelrad

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Dr. Sam Axelrad (right) hands over arm bones belonging to former North Vietnamese soldier Nguyen Quang Hung at Hung's house in the town of An Khe, Gia Lai province, Vietnam, on July 1, 2013. In October 1966 Axelrad amputated Hung's arm after the soldier was shot in the arm in an ambush by American troops in the coastal province of Binh Dinh in the former South Vietnam. (Associated Press/Thanh Nien Newspaper)