American doctors Vince and Vance Moss treated hundreds of patients in Afghanistan where the villagers referred to them as "Doganagi," or "Same Face Healers."
Out Of Uniform
In an unusual arrangement, the U.S. military allowed the Moss brothers, who are both Majors in the Army Reserve Medical Corps, to be assigned to a non-profit medical group. The doctors shed their uniforms and flak jackets traveling throughout Afghanistan with Afghan Army escorts.
Treating The Children
"We did a lot of operating on children," says Maj. Vince Moss. "From minor surgical procedures, to major surgical procedures, to just regular medical care, just looking at bumps and bruises," says his brother, Maj. Vance Moss.
Treating Amputees
Maj. Vince Moss: "This is something I will never forget coming off the plane in Kabul. The minute we got off the plane and seeing the number of kids that didn't have any limbs. They got over 10 million mines still there... 10 million mines."
A Long Way From Home
In civilian life, Vance Moss is a transplant surgeon on Long Island. Vince Moss is a cardiothorasic surgeon in New Jersey. Both are single, they share a bachelor pad in Manhattan.
Scared Every Day
Maj. Vance Moss: "There were times when we would think about what our headstones would say when they ship bodies back to the states. 'Two crazy twins. What were they doing here?'"
Emotional Situation
Maj. Vance Moss: "I think about the patients that we left behind, the ones that we couldn't help, the ones that didn't survive. It's an emotional situation."
Going Back
The Moss brothers say they were afraid "every day" they were in Afghanistan, but they both want to go back.