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US Civil War veteran Samuel H. Decker posing with the prosthetic arms he designed for himself, ~1867
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What a madlad. Gotta respect his persistency as well as him being able to come up with actually usable prosthetics
That's pretty impressive! Everybody how about a round of applause for Mr Sam Decker! Give him a hand, everybody!
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