UCLA Quilt of Valor | Operation Mend

2,042 views · Published 13 December 2007 · 3:07 · Indexed 4 October 2026

Channel: UCLA Health · 2007 · People & Blogs

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When Patti Taylor learned recently that Marine Cpl. Aaron P. Mankin, a U.S. soldier badly burned in Iraq, would be coming to UCLA Medical Center for facial reconstructive surgery, the former Army nurse's patriotic instincts kicked in. She insisted on volunteering as his case manager and rallied her quilting group to create a special gift to comfort him: a red-white-and-blue "quilt of valor."

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