By Mia De Graaf Health Editor For Dailymail.com
Published: 23:07 BST, 17 June 2019 | Updated: 23:07 BST, 17 June 2019
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Dozens of fallen US soldiers have given dying Europeans a second chance at life by donating their organs.
In Germany, and other nearby countries, organ donations are more taboo than in the United States. In 2018, 2,000 of the 10,000 people waiting for an organ died on a barely-budging list.
According to a new report by NBC, the families of US servicemen have helped provide a glimmer of hope to at least a few hundred of people who were not expected to make it.
Their organs - particularly their hearts, lungs and livers - would not have been viable after an hours-long flight back to the US, but could be given to locals in need.
Since 2003, 236 organs have been donated by 83 US officers to patients in eight European countries after they were killed or suffered unsurvivable wounds on the battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq.
That includes
