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    Overcoming one-in-a-million infection to compete [Image 16 of 18]

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    Overcoming one-in-a-million infection to compete

    FORT BLISS, TEXAS, UNITED STATES

    04.02.2015

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Duus  

    1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division

    First Lt. Christopher Parks, a physician’s assistant, currently assigned to the Warrior Transition Battalion at Fort Hood, Texas, and a native of Lakeside, Calif., competes in the swimming event of the Army Trials at Fort Bliss, Texas, April 2. 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. He placed first in three swimming events, and second in one event.

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    Date Taken: 04.02.2015
    Date Posted: 04.16.2015 15:53
    Photo ID: 1877617
    VIRIN: 150402-A-IX573-013
    Resolution: 4240x3029
    Size: 1021.54 KB
    Location: FORT BLISS, TEXAS, US
    Hometown: FORT CAVAZOS, TEXAS, US
    Hometown: LAKESIDE, CALIFORNIA, US

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