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X-WR-CALDESC:10 February 1962: Gary Francis Powers was released in a prison
 er exchange for convicted spy Rudolph Abel after spending 21 months in a S
 oviet prison. \n\nPowers had been shot down on 1 May 1960 while flying his
  U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft over Soviet airspace. As the U-
 2 flew at 70\,000-foot altitudes\, the Soviets could do nothing to knock t
 hese aircraft from the sky\, until this incident. They launched 14 SA-2 mi
 ssiles and MiG-19 jet interceptors\, and the percussion of the rockets det
 onating simultaneously damaged Powers' aircraft. \n\nThis incident resulte
 d in one of the most challenging situations for President Eisenhower. One 
 of the results was telling the world about the 'The Great Seal\,' a gift t
 hat had been presented to the U.S Ambassador in Moscow in 1946 by Soviet s
 chool children. The seal was actually a very well made microphone that was
  not discovered until 1952. The Cold War exhibit at the National Cryptolog
 ic Museum tells the story of 'The Great Seal' and the U-2 Incident.\n\nHe 
 wrote that 'the aircraft jerked forward\, and a tremendous orange flash li
 t the cockpit and the sky.' He managed to hit the self-destruct switch bef
 ore bailing out\, only to be captured by Soviet citizens near the Ural Mou
 ntains at the city of Sverdlovsk. The U-2 Incident was one of the most hig
 hly visible events of the Cold War. \n\nThe only fragment of the U-2 high-
 altitude reconnaissance aircraft flown by Gary Francis Powers on display i
 n the United States is at the National Cryptologic Museum. The fragment wa
 s presented to NSA and the National Cryptologic Museum in October 1994 by 
 two Russian officers. The wreckage is held in the Armed Forces Museum in M
 oscow. Another piece of the wreckage was given to Powers' family.
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DESCRIPTION:10 February 1962: Gary Francis Powers was released in a prisone
 r exchange for convicted spy Rudolph Abel after spending 21 months in a So
 viet prison. \n\nPowers had been shot down on 1 May 1960 while flying his 
 U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft over Soviet airspace. As the U-2
  flew at 70\,000-foot altitudes\, the Soviets could do nothing to knock th
 ese aircraft from the sky\, until this incident. They launched 14 SA-2 mis
 siles and MiG-19 jet interceptors\, and the percussion of the rockets deto
 nating simultaneously damaged Powers' aircraft. \n\nThis incident resulted
  in one of the most challenging situations for President Eisenhower. One o
 f the results was telling the world about the 'The Great Seal\,' a gift th
 at had been presented to the U.S Ambassador in Moscow in 1946 by Soviet sc
 hool children. The seal was actually a very well made microphone that was 
 not discovered until 1952. The Cold War exhibit at the National Cryptologi
 c Museum tells the story of 'The Great Seal' and the U-2 Incident.\n\nHe w
 rote that 'the aircraft jerked forward\, and a tremendous orange flash lit
  the cockpit and the sky.' He managed to hit the self-destruct switch befo
 re bailing out\, only to be captured by Soviet citizens near the Ural Moun
 tains at the city of Sverdlovsk. The U-2 Incident was one of the most high
 ly visible events of the Cold War. \n\nThe only fragment of the U-2 high-a
 ltitude reconnaissance aircraft flown by Gary Francis Powers on display in
  the United States is at the National Cryptologic Museum. The fragment was
  presented to NSA and the National Cryptologic Museum in October 1994 by t
 wo Russian officers. The wreckage is held in the Armed Forces Museum in Mo
 scow. Another piece of the wreckage was given to Powers' family.
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SUMMARY:1962: Gary Francis Powers was Released After Spending 21 Months in 
 a Soviet Prison.
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