“This is so getting out of hand… I don’t know why people are pulling up my Army records.”
As Toney-Finch tells it, she was partway through her second deployment to Iraq in March 2010 when her convoy was ambushed. The attack put her in a coma for six months,. She says she woke up that August in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, with a traumatic brain injury. She would later be feted by various groups for that tremendous sacrifice, proudly wearing a Purple Heart medal she said she earned for being wounded in action. Toney-FinchHowever, U.S.
Dubee provided details of Toney-Finch’s service, which show she joined the Army in February 2006. She deployed to Iraq twice and earned the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal with campaign star, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Korea Defense Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, a Driver and Mechanic Badge w/Driver-Wheeled Vehicle, and the Overseas Service Ribbon.
Toney-Finch did not provide a copy of her medical records for review, and declined to offer names of people with whom she served that might be able to corroborate her story. “People right now don’t even want to deal with me,” she told The Daily Beast. “They’re staying away from all this. This is bigger than I thought.”
Sharon Toney-Finch, in blue shirt, poses with then-state Sen. Sue Serino and other veterans at a 2021 event.
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