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In this photo taken Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, South Sudanese army commander Col. James Gatjiath, center wearing beret, his son Charlie Chiong, 3rd right, and other government soldiers cross over to the west bank of the Nile in order to patrol the front lines, in the town of Kuek, northern Upper Nile state, South Sudan. Two years ago Chiong, the shy, lanky son of the commander was abducted by rebel forces amid the country's civil war and says he was held for a month in a roofless, mud-filled compound before escaping through a hole he dug between its bricks. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
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