SAN DIEGO -- A 23-year-old Iraq war veteran received a kidney this month in San Diego from a fellow Marine left brain-dead after a training accident, squeezing what is normally a five-year wait into two days.
The fast-paced transplant underscores the deep bond among service members and their families, according to friends and relatives. As Sgt. Jacob Chadwick prepared to leave the hospital Aug. 11, hundreds of police cars and motorcycles escorted 2nd Lt. Patrick Wayland's casket through his hometown of Midland, Texas, where thousands lined the streets waving American flags.
