Brian Williams Criticized For 'Misremembering' Iraq War Experience

NBC newscaster Brian Williams is receiving criticism from veterans' service groups for claims he made regarding the Iraq War and helicopter he was allegedly in in 2003.

Williams, who hosts "NBC Nightly News," apologized Wednesday, saying he "misremembered" events during the Iraq War in 2003. The military publication Stars and Stripes questioned Williams' claim that he had been flying in a Chinook helicopter that was struck by enemy fire in 2003.

Stars and Stripes questioned the validity of Williams' story after others flying in the Chinook helicopters argued the NBC News anchor was nowhere near the enemy fire that attacked the aircraft.

Williams then issued an apology to Stars and Stripes, saying in a statement: "I would not have chosen to make this mistake."

"I don't know what screwed up in my mind that caused me to conflate one aircraft with another," Williams added.

According to The Hill, the pilot flying the Chinook that Williams was on has gone on CNN and claimed that the aircraft the NBC news anchor was on did come under small arms fire.

Now, some veteran groups and others are calling on Brian Williams to step down from his post as anchor and managing editor of "NBC Nightly News."

"As an organization of wartime veterans, The American Legion finds his behavior reprehensible, and we hope that Mr. Williams will redeem himself," Michael Helm, the national commander of the American Legion, said in a statement.