A US doctor visits the home of a former Vietnamese enemy soldier to hand back the bones of an arm he amputated 47 years ago...

An American doctor has returned the bones of an arm he amputated in 1966 back to their owner - an enemy soldier he treated during the Vietnam War.

In an extraordinary and emotional moment, Sam Axelrad took the skeletal remains of Nguyen Quang Hung's arm out of a cardboard box and handed them to him, marking the end of a long and improbable story.

In 1966, Dr Axelrad was a medic serving with the American army in Vietnam. Mr Hung was his enemy. In October of that year, Mr Hung was shot in the arm during an ambush by American soldiers.

Badly injured, Mr Hung floated down a small river to escape the continued US attack. He was eventually picked up by American soldiers and taken to a US field hospital.

 "When I was captured by the American forces, I was like a fish on a chopping-board," Mr Hung said last week. "They could have either killed or spared me." Full story...

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