SAN FRANCISCO, June 11 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Rep. Paul "Pete" McCloskey said he gave one of his Purple Hearts to Rep. Jackie Speier for her sacrifice in the Jonestown massacre of 1978.
McCloskey, who was wounded twice during the Korean War, gave Speier the Purple Heart at his law firm's Christmas party after he heard she had been shot five times as an aide to Rep. Leo Ryan, who was killed during a fact-gathering mission at Jonestown, Guyana, the Los Angeles Times reported.