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    Overcoming one-in-a-million infection to compete [Image 7 of 18]

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    Overcoming one-in-a-million infection to compete

    FORT BLISS, TEXAS, UNITED STATES

    04.01.2015

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Duus  

    1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division

    First Lt. Christopher Parks, a physician assistant, currently assigned to the Warrior Transition Battalion at Fort Hood, Texas, and a native of Lakeside, Calif., competes in the discus event of the Army Trials at Fort Bliss, Texas, April 1. Around 80 wounded or injured Soldiers and veterans competed in the event. Parks’ right leg was amputated in 2014, following an infection from necrotizing fasciitis.

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    Date Taken: 04.01.2015
    Date Posted: 04.16.2015 15:57
    Photo ID: 1877597
    VIRIN: 150401-A-IX573-135
    Resolution: 3484x4878
    Size: 1.05 MB
    Location: FORT BLISS, TEXAS, US
    Hometown: FORT CAVAZOS, TEXAS, US
    Hometown: LAKESIDE, CALIFORNIA, US

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