attempted suicide by, 239
discovery of letters discarded by, 180
divorce settlement between Francis Gary Powers and, 129
drinking and emotional problems of, 86–88, 98, 117, 125–29
Francis Gary Powers’s courtship of, 24
Francis Gary Powers’s marriage to, 24–25
medical treatment of, 85
news of missing plane delivered to, 74
tension between Powers family and, 90–91, 100
Powers, Claudia “Sue” (Downey), 13, 132, 137, 158, 146, 149–50, 154, 160, 169, 173, 176–77, 239
alcohol use of, 144–45, 157
confronting of teacher by, 134
encouragement of son’s efforts, 157–58
Francis Gary Powers’s courtship of, 129–31
Francis Gary Powers’s marriage to, 131
insistence on Francis Gary Powers’s burial at Arlington, 142–43
struggles on day Francis Gary Powers died, 139–40
Powers, Dee, 13, 131, 134, 140, 143, 144, 145, 148, 157, 158, 251–52, 253
Powers, Francis Gary (Frank)
Air Force career of, 21–23, 25, 41
and artifacts preserved in Soviet Union, 170
back pay awarded to, 118
burial of, 142–44
capture of, 69–70
CIA recruitment of, 41–42
CIA/U-2 training of, 44–45
and coded messages, 94, 205–207
congressional testimony of, 120
and courtship/marriage of Barbara Moore, 24–25
and courtship/marriage of Sue Downey, 129–31
criticism of, 118–19, 121–23
death of, 13–14, 140–42
deployment of with CIA Detachment B (Adana, Turkey), 49–52
divorce settlement of, 129
early years of, 17–20
and fears of torture, 82, 190, 192–93, 195
first flight of, 18
first-marriage troubles of, 42, 51, 129, 198–201, 203–205, 220–24, 228–31, 234–36, 239
first sight of U-2 photo by, 43–44
and flame-out/intentional descent theory, 110, 174, 183, 191
and government-funded trust account, 257–60
imprisonment of, 103–12, 180–238
Lockheed career of, 131–34
and Lockheed dismissal, 134, 260–61
May 1, 1960, mission/shoot-down of, 58–59, 62–66, 181–90
medical career plans of, 20–21
military/intelligence medals awarded to, 157, 173, 176
and poison-tipped pin controversy, 59, 69, 72, 96, 121–22, 134, 150, 170, 174, 247, 256
post–U-2 Incident CIA career of, 124–25
prisoner exchange of, 113–16
radio/television career of, 13, 134–35, 140–42
and refuting Oliver’s statement to the New York Times, 186–88
relationship with cellmate, 103, 106–107, 180, 217–18, 224–25
and relationship with son, 133–37
repatriation of, 116–18
shoot-down of, 67–69
Silver Star awarded to, 250–53
Soviet interrogation of, 72–73, 78–79, 81–84
strategy of for dealing with interrogators, 78, 192–94
suicidal thoughts of, 212–13
trial of, 91–101
viewing of wreckage of U-2, 196–98
Powers, Francis Gary, Jr.
birth of, 132
and campaign for recognition of father, 171–76, 247–53
Cold War Museum, The, founded by, 169, 241–43
consideration of naming son by, 245
and dealing with mother’s alcohol abuse, 145, 157
and death of father, 139–44
first speech concerning father by, 160–61
fraternity pledging of, 153–55
Freedom of Information Act requests by, 170, 180, 257–61
learning of father’s death by, 13–14
meeting and marrying wife, 243–45
meeting Sergei Khrushchev, 167–68
relationship with father, 133–37
role in TV movie, 136–37
Smithsonian U-2 unveiling attended by, 157–59
and teenage drug use, 147–48
and teenage insecurities/rebellion, 146–51
test, stealing of, 150–51
and transcription of father’s letters/journal, 180, 189, 191, 224
trips to Soviet Union/Russia by, 161–64, 170–71, 261–63
U-2 flight of, 176
Powers, Francis Gary “Trey,” III, 253
Powers, Ida, 15, 16–17, 19, 89–91, 92, 93, 94, 100, 116–17, 143, 165, 188, 201, 228
Powers, James, 15, 16
Powers, Jean, 88, 165, 210, 233
Powers, Jennifer (née Webber), 243, 244, 245–46, 247, 252
Powers, Oliver, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 76, 88- 91, 92, 93, 99, 110, 112, 116–17, 186–88
Prettyman, E. Barrett, 118
Prettyman Commission, 118, 120, 183, 185, 194–95, 224
Pryor, Frederick, 114–15
USS Pueblo, 243
Putt, Donald, 36
Radio Moscow, 92, 96, 98
RB-47, 90, 105, 119, 175, 191, 248–49
Reston, James “Scotty,” 80
Rich, Ben, 40
Ritland, Ozzie, 39
Robo’s, 166
Rogers, Frank W., 101
Roizman, Yevgeny, 262
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 38
Root, Gene, 35
Rose, Jay, 153, 155
Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel, 30, 54
Rostow, Walt, 74
Rudenko, Roman Andreyevich, 82, 95, 97, 99, 196
Safronov, Sergei, 261–62
Saltonstall, Leverett, 120
Schischkin, Alexandrovich, 112, 115
Schwartz, Norman, 252
Seamans, Robert C., Jr., 258
Senate Armed Services Committee, 120
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 120
Shaud, John A., 175
Shelton, William M., 59, 63, 64, 95, 97, 224
Sieker, Bob, 66–67
Simpson, O. J., 154
Sinatra, Frank, 56
Smith, Adam, 246
Smithsonian Institution, 158–59, 177
Spears, George, 140
Spielberg, Arnold, 79
Spielberg, Steven, 255, 256
Speranza, Jimmy, 89–90
Speranza, Rosa Anne, 89–90
SR-71Blackbird, 129
Stalin, Joseph, 27, 38, 56
Starodomskaya, Svetlana, 161
Stasi (East German secret police), 114, 242
Staub, Jerry K., 257
Stepashin, Sergei, 263
Stockman, Hervey, 48, 49
Sulzberger, C. L., 110
Talbott, Harold, 36
Teperson, Jon, 146, 149–50, 169
Thigpen, Corbett H., 127
Thompson, Llewellyn E., 71
Time (magazine), 80, 155
Today (TV program), 141
Toledo Blade, 80
Truman, Harry, 22, 29, 30
Tumanov, Svetlana, 263
Turner Air Force Base, 21, 24
Twining, Nathan, 48
U-2 Spyplane, The (Pocock), 35
Upchurch, Wes, 23
US Army Security Agency, 242
USS Liberty, 243
USS Pueblo, 243
Vague, Harold R., 259–60
Vienna-Tysons Corner Chamber of Commerce, 241, 245
Vint Hill Farms Station, 242
Virginia Bar Association, 90, 91, 100
Vito, Carmine, 74
Vladimir Prison, 103–104, 171, 172, 180, 215, 217, 233, 236
Yalta Conference, 37–38
Yeager, Chuck, 36
Young, Stephen, 119
Walls, Jeanie (née Popovich), 123–24, 132–33, 158
Wall Street Journal, 264
Washington Daily News, 116
Washington Post, 242
Webber, Binnie, 243–44
Welch, John C., 169, 242
West, Red, 148
White, Ed, 120
White, Lincoln, 77
Wicked (musical), 255
Wickers, John
Williams, John J., 119
Winch, Patti, 241