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'''Frank Forrester Church III''' (1924&ndash;1984) was a United States Army Pfc who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 15]].
Born and raised in Boise, Idaho, he enrolled at Stanford University in 1942 but left to enlist in the Army, where he served as a military intelligence officer in the China Burma India Theater of World War II. Following the end of the war, he completed his law degree from Stanford Law School and returned to Boise to practice law. Church became an active Democrat in Idaho and ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the state legislature in 1952. In 1956, he was elected to the United States Senate, defeating former Senator Glen Taylor in a closely contested primary election and incumbent Herman…
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
'''Frank Forrester Church III''' — Idaho Senator; opposed Vietnam War; Church Committee (Intelligence). Summary from a Notable Ritchie Boys slide ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ij8PP9weF976Lb5_Ic4bFimcuAZzXRn3cHfNCk5nTdM source]).
 
Born and raised in Boise, Idaho, he enrolled at Stanford University in 1942 but left to enlist in the Army, where he served as a military intelligence officer in the China Burma India Theater of World War II.
 
Ritchie Boy Frank Church left Stanford University in 1943 to enlist in the US Army. Following the end of the war, he completed his law degree from Stanford Law School and returned to Boise to practice law.
 
Church became an active Democrat in Idaho and ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the state legislature in 1952. In 1956, he was elected to the United States Senate, defeating former Senator Glen Taylor in a closely contested primary election and incumbent Herman Welker in the general election. Frank Church was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate from the State of Idaho from 1956 to 1981.
 
In 1960, Church received national exposure when he gave the keynote speech at the 1960 Democratic National Convention. Church was re-elected continuously to the Senate, defeating his Republican opponents in 1962, 1968, and 1974, until his defeat during the Republican wave of 1980. Church was highly critical of the Vietnam War, despite initially supporting it; he co-authored the Cooper–Church Amendment of 1970 and the Case–Church Amendment of 1973, which sought to curtail the war.
 
In 1975, he chaired the Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, better known as the Church Committee, laying the groundwork for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. Church belatedly sought the 1976 Democratic nomination for president, and announced his candidacy on March 18, 1976. As a senator, he was a protégé of then-Senate majority leader Lyndon B.
 
Johnson, and was appointed to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Considered a strong progressive and environmental legislator, he played a major role in the creation of a system of protected wilderness areas. Although he won primaries in Nebraska, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana, he withdrew in favor of former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter.
 
Following the end of his term, he practiced international law in Washington, D.C., specializing in Asian issues. He served as a military intelligence officer in Myanmar, China, and India. He served as Chair of the House Select Committee on Government Intelligence Activities.
 
He played a key role in the anti-Vietnam War movement and in the reform of U.S.
 
Church was hospitalized for a pancreatic tumor on January 12, 1984, and he died less than three months later at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, on April 7, 1984.
 


== Research notes ==
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Church Wikipedia: Frank Church]
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2023-06-01 (1 post)
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