Tribune Review: Bill to create Purple Heart coin series gains traction in Congress

When Josh Marino suffered a traumatic brain injury after an enemy mortar exploded a few feet away during his 2007 deployment to Baghdad, Iraq, he had no idea what happened.

“At the time I thought, ‘Man, those cannons we have on base are really loud, they’re shaking things way over here,’” said Marino, 41, of Brookline, an Army combat veteran who received the Purple Heart Medal following his injury.