. >> remembering lewis fipps, it turns out, is what the story is all about.he oldest of his five children june, was just 9 years old when he died. >> i have many memories and i'm the only child who does. >> in 1942 lewis fipps, an ashland, massachusetts, police officer, was assaulted by a drunk patron at a bar. he died of his injuries just a few days later. >> and i just couldn't believe it. you know this was my hero. how could he be dead? >> for a number of reasons, there was never recognition of the fact that officer fipps died in the line of duty. >> his police badge. >> something that always bothered june but didn't come to the surface until the 1980s when another fallen officer's picture went up on the wall at ashland police headquarters. >> and i said why isn't my father up there? you know this is when the wheels started to work for me. >> they turned in vain for some 30 years until june recently uncovered a long lost document. >> struggle with a man who had been drinking. >> then found a sympathetic ear on the ashland police force. >> he said this shou