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Posthumous Silver Star to be presented to the family of U-2 Pilot, Captain Gary Francis Powers on Friday
“Best Father’s Day Present Ever” Capt Gary Powers – See Below for photo creditsWhat does a Silver Star presentation have to do with Father’s Day? To the Power’s family, Friday is a correction to history, a heritage that can be reflected on with pride and a celebration of a father who was a Cold War hero. Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz will present a posthumous decoration to the U-2 pilot who was shot down over the Soviet Union on May 1, 1960. On Wednesday, we spoke with Gary Powers, Jr about the upcoming ceremony and how it had impacted his family during a DoDLive Blogger Roundtable. The…
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Unbroken: a Travelogue That Paralyzes the Mind and Pounds on the Heart
War movies do not intrigue me… I enter into the big screen arena. I am there, almost smelling the dynamite and JP4. I do not like being blown up, punched, starved or mutilated. I enter into the movie, my heart pounds with the characters. Then… I remember, they are only actors. They go out to eat at night and party on the weekend. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand rockets the reader back in time. Allows one to cheer and jeer at the Louie Zamperini, the bad boy in town. Never portraying Louie as a complete scoundrel, but a child/man with a mind in action. A creative, courageous and caring character. Ya…
