‘We got through Vietnam, we’ll get through this’: Army vet donates a kidney to save his war buddy
Henry ‘Bill’ Warner and John Middaugh fought alongside each other in the Vietnam War
Warner put his life on the line for his Army brother on more than one occasion during conflict
So when he needed a life-saving kidney Middaugh was more than willing to donate his own
The veterans, both Purple Heart recipients, are recovering well thanks to the incredible sacrifice
By HANNAH PARRY
DAILYMAIL.COM
11 November 2015
From one Purple Heart to another Purple Heart: A life-saving kidney.
Vietnam War veteran John Middaugh has saved the life of his brother-in-arms, Henry ‘Bill’ Warner almost fifty years after the conflict – by donating one of his organs.
Middaugh, 73, said his war buddy had saved his life on more than one occasion while they were deployed in Vietnam, so it was only fair that he repaid the favor.
‘He would do the same for me,’ said the veteran from Port Orchard, Washington.
‘He had my back many times. So this is payback time,’ he added as he and Warner awaited surgery last week at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, in New York.
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