Francis Gary Powers:
Francis Gary Powers was born in Jenkins, Kentucky in 1929. After graduating from Tennessee's Milligan College, Powers enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1950 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1956, the CIA recruited him to fly espionage missions over the Soviet Union. On May 1 1960, the Soviets shot down his U-2 Spy Plane. Parachuting to safety, he was captured, tried, and sentenced to to ten years in prison for espionage. Powers was exchanged in 1962 for a Soviet spy. The CIA and the military decorated him for his efforts. He died Aug. 1, 1977 in a helicopter crash and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.