SHELBY, N.C. (AP) — There are red faces among the smiles after a record-breaking North Carolina baseball tournament discovered a speaker wasn’t the decorated combat veteran he claimed to be
The Shelby Star reported Thursday (http://bit.ly/qQF1YQ) that organizers of the American Legion World Series learned the man who led a sportsmanship pledge in Marine Corps dress uniform was a fake.
George Lauve said he served as a Marine sergeant major who earned five Purple Hearts and a Navy Cross. American Legion officials say he received none of those honors and served in the Navy from 1944-46.
A newspaper story about Lauve drew the attention of members at his American Legion post in Wenatchee, Wash. Lauve declined to discuss his claims.
