Wounded veteran gives Purple Heart to Giffords - KGUN9 On Your Side, Tucson News, Weather & Sports: "A veteran wounded while fighting in Iraq has given his Purple Heart to U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head January 8 in an assassination attempt.
Al Lee, a Sierra Vista resident, was awarded the Purple Heart after being injured in Fallujah, Iraq, in September 2003. He suffered a traumatic brain injury and other wounds in the blast of an improvised explosive device. On Wednesday, Lee presented his Purple Heart to Giffords staffer Pam Simons, who was also injured in the shooting rampage that wounded the congresswoman."
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