Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Norton Schwartz presents Trey Powers and Lindsey Berry a Silver Star posthumously awarded to their grandfather Capt. Francis Gary Powers during a ceremony at the Pentagon June 15, 2012. Powers received the award for the heroism he displayed when the U-2 aircraft he was flying over the former Soviet Union was shot down May 1, 1960, and he was held in a Soviet prison for more than 100 days. He died in 1977. (Photo by Senior Airman Christina Brownlow)
Date Taken: | 06.15.2012 |
Date Posted: | 06.19.2012 12:08 |
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