PHOTOS: Veterans strengthen bond through kidney donation

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Veterans strengthened their bond -- supporting each other years after serving together. Photos from the Associated Press.

In this Nov. 5, 2015 photo, Henry "Bill" Warner, left, and John Middaugh clasp hands prior to their surgeries at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York. Serving together in Vietnam, Warner and Middaugh forged a bond they knew was profound and lasting. A half century after the war zone where they'd counted on each other, Middaugh put himself on the line for in a new way: by giving one of his kidneys. "He had my back many times," Middaugh said, "So this is payback time." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Kathleen Warner, left, and Sue Middaugh talk prior to their husbands' surgeries, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015 at a New York hospital. John Middaugh donated one of his kidneys to Bill Warner, who had been on dialysis since his kidneys failed in June, 2014. Both men served together in Vietnam. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

In this Nov. 5, 2015 photo, Henry "Bill" Warner, left, talks with his wife, Kathleen, while in the adjacent bed John Middaugh gets a kiss from his wife, Sue, prior to their surgeries at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York. Middaugh put himself on the line for Warner this month by giving one of his kidneys to Warner. "We got through Vietnam. We'll get through this," Warner said. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

In this Nov. 5, 2015 photo, Henry "Bill" Warner holds up a cell phone to show a photo of himself and Vietnam War buddy John Middaugh, prior to his kidney transplant surgery in New York. Middaugh put himself on the line for Warner this month by giving one of his kidneys to Warner. "We got through Vietnam. We'll get through this," Warner said. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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In this Nov. 5, 2015 photo, Henry "Bill" Warner, left, and John Middaugh clasp hands prior to their surgeries at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York. Serving together in Vietnam, Warner and Middaugh forged a bond they knew was profound and lasting. A half century after the war zone where they'd counted on each other, Middaugh put himself on the line for in a new way: by giving one of his kidneys. "He had my back many times," Middaugh said, "So this is payback time." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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