but today the military awarded him a posthumous silver star for valor in the face of the enemy. at at the height of the cold war, ladies and gentlemen, the nation called upon extraordinary men like captain powers to undertake the most sensitive and dangerous missions. captain powers earned this silver star. shepard: and his family was there to receive it today. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon for us. jennifer? shepard, there is a little known fact about the gary powers u 2 spy plane incident. his plane took off from inside pakistan from a secret cia base near pa shower. its discovery at the time created all sorts of problems for the u.s. and pakistan. pakistani leaders then shut down the base. that was 50 years ago. this was the height of the cold war. the u 2 spy planes were launched from pakistan to the so the cia could keep an eye on the soviet unions missile
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