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    Blood brothers: Guard family proves closest connection when guardsman needs new kidney [Image 3 of 4]

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    Blood brothers: Guard family proves closest connection when guardsman needs new kidney

    FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, UNITED STATES

    09.29.2011

    Photo by Senior Master Sgt. David Lipp 

    North Dakota National Guard Public Affairs

    Sgt. Francisco Raatz, right, visits with Spc. John Chase, Sept. 29, just days after Raatz donated one of his kidneys to Chase during a transplant surgery at Sanford Hospital, Fargo, N.D. Both men are members of the 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment. The transplant surgery will take place at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, N.D. The Soldiers have served together in the National Guard for several years, including two deployments to Afghanistan, most recently in 2010. Chase returned home early from that deployment when both of his kidneys were failing.

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    Date Taken: 09.29.2011
    Date Posted: 11.04.2011 10:17
    Photo ID: 483827
    VIRIN: 110929-F-WA217-036
    Resolution: 4288x2848
    Size: 5.19 MB
    Location: FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, US

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