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Photo: U.S. Army MWR

While stationed in Iraq in 2005, Kortney Clemons was helping a fallen soldier whose Humvee had exploded, when a second bomb went off and took his right leg above the knee. Now, Clemons is a 2012 Paralympic hopeful in the sport of track & field.

In honor of National Purple Heart Recognition Day, meet the eight Paralympians and Paralympic hopefuls that are Purple Heart recipients.