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Shrade Tool

Artifact Details

Following 9/11, one of America's first responses was sending a CIA team to Afghanistan

A silver multipurpose tool with pliers on one end and various blades on the other.

A CIA medic carried this multi-purpose tool in Afghanistan.  He used it to perform numerous surgical procedures, including three lower-leg amputations.

Artifact Specs

28 cm x 4.5 cm x 2 cm
(L x W x H)

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