Uh..the Russian Embassy is in DC and I could be wrong about this, but the Consulate is in San Francisco. They might have one in San Diego now, but '93?
You're right. This was based on Arianna's column revealing Lawrence's assistant's admission. I jumbled the information, making it a ceremony in San Diego when in fact it was in D.C., but noted in the San Diego Union.
From Arianna Online, December 4, 1997:
My suspicions about Lawrence's "military" service were first raised when I read a Jan. 19, 1993, story in the San Diego Union describing an emotional ceremony in which Lawrence "was honored at the Russian Embassy for his part in helping the Soviet Union stave off Nazi assaults."According to the story, Lawrence slowly began "to recall the morning when, as an 18-year-old, he suffered head wounds during a German torpedo submarine attack on his ship in the frigid waters off Murmansk. ... 'From that moment until today, that 18-year-old boy lost a lot of innocence and a lot of trust,' said Lawrence haltingly. 'It is not a story that I'd care to relive today except to say we all believed we were helping mankind and our country as patriots.'"
Here was the catch. According to the story, this tragic incident in Lawrence's life was "previously unknown to most of his family and close friends." That, to me, defied belief.
On Green St. just above the 'Cow Hollow' section of town. Not that I'd know this..or anything about the massive short-wave radio antennas they installed on the roof and tried to hide behind 4'x8' sheets of plywood back in the mid-80's.
Nope...don't know a thing about that. Not a thing.