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Sgt. Ray Lester bandages a dog bite on a boy in the town of Vitina, Kosovo.
Sgt. Ray Lester, U.S. Army, sits on the ground as he works to sterilize and bandage a dog bite on the leg of Gezim Ademi in the town of Vitina, Kosovo, on July 20, 1999. Lester is attached to the 1st Battalion 77th Armor Regiment which is deployed to Kosovo as part of KFOR. KFOR is the NATO-led, international military force in Kosovo on the peacekeeping mission known as Operation Joint Guardian.