Lawrence Service Claim Disputed
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The late Ambassador M. Larry Lawrence was a college student in March 1945--the same month the Democratic campaign contributor claimed he was on a torpedoed merchant marine ship, the New York Post reported. Citing documents from Wilbur Wright Junior College in Chicago, the Post said Lawrence was taking at least 12 hours of classes per week between January and June 1945. That would contradict the claims that helped gain Lawrence, who died in 1996, burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
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