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Remembering the Greatest Generation & their incredible sacrifices for freedom. #VEDay70 #WW2Flyover http://t.co/a9Yoy5Vt21 — PolitiTweet.org
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If you missed any part of our story this week on Francis Gary #Powers you can read all about it here: http://t.co/ixBdSEldoq — PolitiTweet.org
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1965: #Powers awarded the CIA Intelligence Star “for voluntary acts of courage performed under hazardous conditions…” http://t.co/si58mevZE9 — PolitiTweet.org
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Details of the U-2 program were declassified in 1998, increasing the public’s recognition of #Powers’ service and heroism. — PolitiTweet.org
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August 1, 1977: #Powers was flying over LA when his helicopter crashed due to a faulty fuel gauge. He & his cameraman were killed. — PolitiTweet.org
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1976: #Powers became a helicopter traffic pilot-reporter for KNBC @NBCLA News Channel 4 in Los Angeles. http://t.co/04eV8Wn2B3 — PolitiTweet.org
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Eventually #Powers published a memoir of his U-2 experience titled “Operation Overflight: A Memoir of the U-2 Incident.” — PolitiTweet.org
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#Powers continued working for CIA, training officers to cope while being interrogated, until he became a @LockheedMartin U-2 test pilot. — PolitiTweet.org
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#Powers returned to the US amidst great controversy. There was a public hearing before Congress & he was cleared of all allegations. — PolitiTweet.org
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Francis Gary #Powers’ U-2 plane was shot down over the USSR on a recon mission for CIA. Today we conclude his story. http://t.co/ixBdSEldoq — PolitiTweet.org
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Tomorrow we'll conclude our story of Francis Gary #Powers or you can read all about it here: http://t.co/ixBdSEldoq — PolitiTweet.org
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James B. Donovan & CIA lawyer Milan Miskovsky negotiated the trade with the Soviets. @TomHanks plays Donovan in an upcoming Spielberg film. — PolitiTweet.org
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A month after his son was captured, #Powers’ father reached out to Abel in the penitentiary & suggested a swap. http://t.co/v4k4LXROxG — PolitiTweet.org
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#Powers was exchanged on the Glienicke Bridge -the Bridge of Spies- for Colonel Rudolf Abel, a Soviet spy convicted of espionage in the US. — PolitiTweet.org
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On February 10, 1962, 1 year, 9 months & 10 days after his capture, #Powers was freed. http://t.co/ixBdSEldoq http://t.co/YqY0NtyjJk — PolitiTweet.org
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#Powers was given a defense counsel who barely spoke English & was tried for espionage. He lost & was sentenced to 10 years. — PolitiTweet.org
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For several weeks #Powers was questioned 11 hours a day 7 days a week. He was taken to see the U-2 wreckage & questioned about every piece. — PolitiTweet.org
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#Powers was taken to a 8' wide & 15' long cell. He was uncertain of his fate, but believed that at any moment he would be executed. — PolitiTweet.org
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#Powers gave info he was sure they already knew or could easily find, this way he thought he could more easily withhold classified info. — PolitiTweet.org
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After being picked up, #Powers was taken to Lubyanka, headquarters of the KGB, where he continued to be questioned. http://t.co/fd7CqCJ0ys — PolitiTweet.org
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Francis Gary #Powers’ U-2 plane was shot down over the USSR on a reconnaissance mission for CIA. Today we continue to tell his story. — PolitiTweet.org
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A warm thank you to @TayaKyle who met with employees today to discuss PTS & field deployment challenges. http://t.co/vvNLS9FBJ7 — PolitiTweet.org
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Tomorrow we'll continue our story of Francis Gary #Powers or you can read all about it here: http://t.co/ixBdSE3CwS — PolitiTweet.org
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Once #Powers was shown his map outlining his intended course, he dropped his story & admitted he was a civilian pilot working for CIA. — PolitiTweet.org
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#Powers explained to the men, who he thought were KGB, he lost his direction & accidentally flew over the border. http://t.co/NdEUp3KYx4 — PolitiTweet.org
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#Powers avoided landing on a tractor, in a lake, & on crackling power lines, but was seized by 2 men following him from the ground. — PolitiTweet.org
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#Powers considered using a poison pin, but clung to the hope that maybe there was a chance he could somehow escape. http://t.co/Fbn6YO4xLs — PolitiTweet.org
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#Powers, stuck in the rapidly descending plane was unable to activate the U-2’s self-destruct mechanism before he finally freed himself. — PolitiTweet.org
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4 hours into the mission a surface-to-air missile came close enough to knock #Powers from the skies over Sverdlovsk. http://t.co/2sByzSZpjf — PolitiTweet.org
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May 1, 1960: #Powers was 1300 miles inside the USSR when the autopilot broke & he had to fly the plane manually to complete his mission. — PolitiTweet.org
