News From the Cause
Purple Hearts Elusive For Traumatic Brain Injuries: (MORNING EDITION, NPR)
September 09, 2010
Soldiers have had to battle for months and sometimes years to prove that these injuries, also called mild traumatic brain injuries, merit the honor, our reporting showed. Commanders turned down some soldiers despite well-documented blast wounds that wrenched their minds, altered their lives and wracked their families. click here to view
