Purple Heart Athletes
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Photo: U.S. Army MWR
Sgt. Jerrod Fields lost his left leg, below the knee, to an explosion in Iraq in 2005. Sgt. Fields remain on active duty with the Army's World Class Athlete Program and he's now training for the 2012 Paralympic Games.
In honor of National Purple Heart Recognition Day, meet the eight Paralympians and Paralympic hopefuls that are Purple Heart recipients.
