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Tyra Banks (second from left) and her brother, Air Force 1st Lt. Devin Banks (left), visit with Army Pfc. Joseph Kashnow (right), a patient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Dec. 19, 2003. Banks, who considers the military a "personal family thing" due to her brother's 15 years of service, wanted to lift injured service members' spirits. 1st Lt. Banks is a contracting officer stationed at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.

Tyra Banks and her brother, 1st Lt. Devin Banks, visit with Army Pfc. Joseph Kashnow.

Tyra Banks (second from left) and her brother, Air Force 1st Lt. Devin Banks (left), visit with Army Pfc. Joseph Kashnow (right), a patient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Dec. 19, 2003. Banks, who considers the military a "personal family thing" due to her brother's 15 years of service, wanted to lift injured service members' spirits. 1st Lt. Banks is a contracting officer stationed at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.

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