On Aug. 17, 2004, while mobilized with the 75th Division 2nd Simulation Exercise Group, Maj. Edward Pulido of Edmond was driving his commander to a training base near the town of Baqouba , Iraq , when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb.

Pulido’s courage earned him a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart , but his injury forced doctors at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio to amputate his left leg. Vet...