Post by South on Dec 17, 2011 5:58:21 GMT -5
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/air-force-to-award-silver-star-to-francis-gary-powers-spy-plane-pilot-shot-down-over-ussr/2011/12/16/gIQACsS3yO_story.html
Good morning all,
Above is an article about U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers being awarded the Silver Star medal. (Don't know how to spell word that award is after his death).
I learned something - and a little shocked to leard - ....Powers had been awarded a POW medal. My "shock" was that he was a civilian pilot at the time of the event.
Article mentions his son as being the founder of the Cold War Museum in Vint Hill, Virginia.
A picture of Francis Gary Powers accompanies article.
Warm regards,
Bob
AFCWA Liaison to Cold War Museum
(Still no opening date announced; I check almost daily.)
Good morning all,
Above is an article about U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers being awarded the Silver Star medal. (Don't know how to spell word that award is after his death).
I learned something - and a little shocked to leard - ....Powers had been awarded a POW medal. My "shock" was that he was a civilian pilot at the time of the event.
Article mentions his son as being the founder of the Cold War Museum in Vint Hill, Virginia.
A picture of Francis Gary Powers accompanies article.
Warm regards,
Bob
AFCWA Liaison to Cold War Museum
(Still no opening date announced; I check almost daily.)