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455th AEW Photos

Eye Exchange

A medical interpreter assists with the selection of a left-eye prosthetic that will be placed the eye socket of an Afghan soldier while at Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Aug. 7, 2014. The soldier suffered a trauma when shrapnel from an explosion hit him in his eye four months ago. As a result, he underwent enucleation eye surgery, which removes the eyeball, but the eye muscles and remaining orbital contents remain intact. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Cohen A. Young/Released)

PHOTO BY: Master Sgt. Cohen A. YoungReleased
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