frank norris is on the right. this service was attended by claire chennault, and birch had been informed by us military authorities that her son had been shot on august 251945 in route to shoot joe, long high railway and was killed as a result of stray bullets. well, that wasn't the full story, of course. and as ethyl birch dug into the story, tried to find out what had happened to her son, her eldest son, she became increasingly skeptical and increasingly frustrated about the real issue. she was also angry because she felt her son have been denied recognition. she came to believe as the cold war develops, as a debate over velocity china takes hold after 1949, that her son deserved recognition, deserved credit , but that never happened. so she was open to the idea of a conspiracy. open to the idea that her son have been wronged. this leads us to center william noland, prominent senator from california, seven majority leader for a time. afterafter the outbreak of the korean war in 1950 to 1950 he stands up on the f