41. Baugh, manuscript.
42. Ibid.
43. Ibid.
44. Ibid.
45. Dr. James Baugh, letter to Francis Gary Powers, November 25, 1961. Reprinted with permission of Baugh family.
46. Powers and Gentry, Operation Overflight, p. 287.
47. Tom Fitzpatrick, “Another Scapegoat Talks, but Few Listen,” Chicago Sun-Times, July 1, 1973.
48. Powers tapes.
49. Fitzpatrick, “Another Scapegoat Talks.”
50. Don Page, “Former U-2 Pilot Reconnoiters Freeways Now,” Los Angeles Times, March 1, 1973, part 4, pp. 1 and 24.
51. Ibid.
52. Francis Gary Powers, letter to the Church Commission, September 17, 1975.
CHAPTER FIVE: LOST IN A CROWD
1. Dale Fetherling, “Wreckage of Powers Helicopter Examined,” Los Angeles Times, August 2, 1977, part 1, p. 3.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
CHAPTER SIX: SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH
1. Greg E. Norman, “Son of the Cold War Won’t Let Era Be Buried,” Los Angeles Times, March 6, 1997, part 3, p. 1.
2. Francis Gary Powers Jr., letter to Department of Defense Civilian/Military Service Review Board, August 7, 1997. Powers Family Archives.
3. James D. Johnston, letter to Francis Gary Powers Jr., Powers Family Archives.
4. Ibid., chap. 4, p. 178.
5. Colonel R. Philip Deavel, letter to Francis Gary Powers Jr., November 22, 1999. Powers Family Archives.
6. “Bob Gilliland Intro to Gary Powers 2000 Hall of Fame,” 2000 enshrinement ceremony, Kentucky Aviation Hall of Fame, YouTube video, 4:48, September 18, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn7kqDZcQno.
7. Ibid.
8. Mrs. Francis Gary Powers, letter to General J. R. Dailey, April 17, 2004. Powers Family Archives.
CHAPTER SEVEN: VOICE FROM THE GRAVE
1. Personal tapes of Francis Gary Powers, 1969.
2. Ibid.
3. CIA de-briefing transcript of Francis Gary Powers, February 1962. (Very lightly edited, for ease of readability.)
4. The Last Overflights of the Soviet Union, 1959–60 (Washington, DC: National Security Agency Report, June 25, 2013), chap. 4, p. 185.
5. John McMahon, CIA interview, December 4, 1997, and February 4, 1998. Declassified 2010.
6. Harry Cordes, Oral History, Roadrunners Internationale, http://roadrunnersinternationale.com/cordes_u-2.html.
7. CIA de-briefing transcript.
8. Prettyman Board investigation into the U-2 Incident, transcript of interviews, 1962.
9. CIA de-briefing transcript.
10. Francis Gary Powers, letter to Oliver and Ida Powers, September 6, 1960. Powers Family Archives.
11. Ida Powers, letter to Francis Gary Powers, September 17, 1960. Powers Family Archives.
12. CIA de-briefing transcript.
13. Powers tapes.
14. Francis Gary Powers, personal journal, written while being confined in Soviet prison, 1960–62.
15. CIA de-briefing transcript.
16. Cordes, Oral History.
17. Powers, personal journal.
18. CIA de-briefing transcript.
19. Prettyman investigation, transcript of interviews.
20. CIA de-briefing transcript.
21. Powers tapes.
22. CIA de-briefing transcript.
23. Francis Gary Powers, letter to Barbara Powers, May 26, 1960. Powers Family Archives.
24. Francis Gary Powers, letter to Oliver and Ida Powers, June 21, 1960. Powers Family Archives.
25. Powers, personal journal.
26. Francis Gary Powers, letter to Barbara Powers, June 28, 1960. Powers Family Archives.
27. CIA de-briefing transcript.
28. Powers, personal journal.
29. Powers tapes.
30. Francis Gary Powers, letter to Barbara Powers, July 19, 1960. Powers Family Archives.
31. Francis Gary Powers, letter to Barbara Powers, 1960. Powers Family Archives.
32. Powers, personal journal.
33. Ibid.
34. Powers tapes.
35. Ibid.
36. Francis Gary Powers, letter to Barbara Powers, September 5, 1960. Powers Family Archives.
37. Oliver and Ida Powers, letter to Francis Gary Powers, September 12, 1960. Powers Family Archives.
38. Powers, personal journal.
39. Francis Gary Powers, letter to Barbara Powers, September 21, 1960. Powers Family Archives.
40. Powers, personal journal.
41. Francis Gary Powers, letter to Barbara Powers, January 16, 1961. Powers Family Archives.
42. Francis Gary Powers, letter to Oliver and Ida Powers, Undated 1961, Powers Family Archives.
43. Oliver and Ida Powers, letter to Francis Gary Powers, January 27, 1961. Powers Family Archives.
44. Francis Gary Powers, letter to Barbara Powers, March 1, 1961. Powers Family Archives.
45. Powers, personal journal.
46. Prettyman investigation, transcript of interviews.
47. Powers tapes.
48. CIA de-briefing transcript.
49. Powers, personal journal.
50. Powers tapes.
51. Francis Gary Powers, letter to Barbara Powers, April 30, 1961. Powers Family Archives.
52. Francis Gary Powers, letter to Oliver and Ida Powers, May 4, 1961. Powers Family Archives.
53. Francis Gary Powers, letter to sisters Jean and Jan, May 4, 1961. Powers Family Archives.
54. Francis Gary Powers, letter to Barbara Powers, June 15, 1961. Powers Family Archives.
55. Francis Gary Powers, letter to Barbara Powers, August 10, 1961. Powers Family Archives.
56. Powers, personal journal.
57. Francis Gary Powers, letter to Barbara Powers, November 1, 1961. Powers Family Archives.
58. Francis Gary Powers, letter to Barbara Powers, November 9, 1961. Powers Family Archives.
59. Powers, personal journal.
60. Ibid.
61. Francis Gary Powers, letter to Oliver and Ida Powers, December 26, 1961. Powers Family Archives.
62. Powers, personal journal.
63. McMahon, CIA interview.
64. Powers tapes.
CHAPTER EIGHT: THE LAST ECHO
1. Maria Glod, “Students Help Museum Collect Cold War History,” Washington Post, October 12, 2006, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/10/AR2006101001546.html.
2. Ibid.
3. Fredrick Kunkle, “Fairfax, Virginia Breaks Off Talks on Cold War Museum,” Washington Post, April 15, 2009, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/14/AR2009041402885.html.
4. Glod, “Students Help Museum Collect Cold War History.”
5. Associated Press, Lansing (Michigan) State Journal, May 2, 2010.
6. Kentucky Post, December 8, 2001.
7. Ibid.
8. Francis Gary Powers, letter to Department of Defense Civilian/Military Service Review Board, January 16, 2011. Powers Family Archives.
9. Air Force Board of Correction of Military Records, Memorandum, November 16, 2011. Powers Family Archives.
10. Air Force Chief of Staff, Memorandum, December 8, 2011. Powers Family Archives.
11. Citation, Air Force Silver Star awarded to Francis Gary Powers, June 14, 2012.