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Byron Matthews, a sociologist retired from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and a partner in an educational software company, lives near Santa Fe, NM.

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Monday, January 30, 2012

Faces

Military Masks Could ‘Give Injured Soldiers Their Faces Back’

As shown in this video, nearly a century ago the French did their best to create sculptured masks for faces of young men mutilated in WWI. It's very sad, but it's also extremely touching to see the encouraging smiles these men receive from the female artisans doing this work:

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