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Mare Island rehab gives amputees new life after war
Sailors and Marines who lost legs in the Pacific are being fitted with artificial limbs at Mare Island Naval Hospital California. The program reports men walking on artificial legs within five weeks of surgery and notes it has restored all Navy personnel who lost legs in the Pacific since Pearl Harbor.
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