yeah...when I was in HS, we got to watch the documentary that the History Channel did on him...it was pretty cool...His son started a Cold War Museum in Washington about 2 or 3 years ago..I would like to go see it!
i have heard the story of francis gary powers...i think that is his whole name...its a sad but good story...
"To be the man, you've got to beat the man."
yeah...when I was in HS, we got to watch the documentary that the History Channel did on him...it was pretty cool...His son started a Cold War Museum in Washington about 2 or 3 years ago..I would like to go see it!
i have heard two different sides to the story...one good and one bad...
"To be the man, you've got to beat the man."
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Francis Powers, is my cousin
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ack! We're related!
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You'll shoot your eye out.
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What was the bad side?
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Some thought he was a coward because he didn't suicide before being captured.
You'll shoot your eye out.
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How frickin' stupid.
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thats not the bad side...of it...i was told this story by a professor at the college
"To be the man, you've got to beat the man."
Care to share?
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Lady i work with knows a guy who got his leg blown off in Iraq. He died in Germany a few days ago.
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