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Washington Times
January 24, 2008 NORFOLK -- A sailor was convicted yesterday of improperly wearing 10 different honors, including the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Dontae Tazewell will appear at a sentencing hearing today.
Petty Officer Tazewell said he had single-handedly rescued six Marines and recovered the bodies of four others amid heavy enemy fire during a 2003 ambush in Iraq.
His case began in 2006 after he didn't score high enough for a promotion, which threatened his job with the Navy. He then told his superior officers that his former duty station awarded him some honors, including the Purple Heart.
That ostensibly gave him the credentials necessary for a promotion, but his superiors soon challenged his claims upon re-examining his story.
Petty Officer Tazewell was acquitted of an 11th charge of wearing the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation medal with combat V.
January 24, 2008 NORFOLK -- A sailor was convicted yesterday of improperly wearing 10 different honors, including the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Dontae Tazewell will appear at a sentencing hearing today.
Petty Officer Tazewell said he had single-handedly rescued six Marines and recovered the bodies of four others amid heavy enemy fire during a 2003 ambush in Iraq.
His case began in 2006 after he didn't score high enough for a promotion, which threatened his job with the Navy. He then told his superior officers that his former duty station awarded him some honors, including the Purple Heart.
That ostensibly gave him the credentials necessary for a promotion, but his superiors soon challenged his claims upon re-examining his story.
Petty Officer Tazewell was acquitted of an 11th charge of wearing the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation medal with combat V.