article_snippet: Holt falsely claimed Holt was in a helicopter that came under fire while in Iraq.
article_snippet: An investigation has been launched into Holt reporting, especially the Iraq incident, which Holt said happened while covering the war in 2003.
article_snippet: Holt (pictured arriving for Letterman's show in 2013) is being investigated by NBC News .
article_snippet: In a 2011 interview, Holt recalled Holt time as a teenage volunteer firefighter during which Holt saved a puppy.
article_snippet: However in a 2005 Esquire interview, Holt had claimed to save not one but two puppies.
article_snippet: In the same Esquire interview Holt also revealed that Holt had been mugged at gunpoint while selling Christmas trees in the sleepy New Jersey town in which Holt grew up.
article_snippet: Over the years Holt has told multiple versions of a story about being in an Army Chinook helicopter during the Iraq War in 2003.
article_snippet: Last month Holt claimed an Army Chinook helicopter was hit by ground fire, an allegation Holt was later forced to admit was false after an outcry from soldiers who were present.
article_snippet: Holt issued an on-air apology and wrote on Facebook: 'Nobody's trying to steal anyone's valor.'
article_snippet: In a 2007 interview with Fairfield University Student Television, Holt recalled 'Katyusha rockets passing just underneath the helicopter I was riding in' during a trip to Israel.
article_snippet: In fact Holt was nowhere near enemy fire and in a broadcast segment filmed that day Holt described rocket fire 'six miles away'.
article_snippet: A Navy vet accused Holt of lying to skip an event honoring members of the Armed Forces so that Holt could appear on Saturday Night Live.
article_snippet: On the day of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society event the NBC News anchor told organizers that a 'pressing engagement' meant Holt wouldn't be able speak at the dinner, but later that evening Holt appeared in a walk-on role on SNL's Weekend Update.