/tags/letters-from-a-soviet-prison Letters From A Soviet Prison en-US Copyright Mon, 17 Jul 2017 08:00:00 GMT /history/2017-07-17/letters-from-a-soviet-prison Francis Gary Powers was a CIA U-2 pilot shot down in 1960 while flying a reconnaissance mission over the Soviet Union. He was held in a Soviet prison for… Mon, 17 Jul 2017 08:00:00 GMT /history/2017-07-17/letters-from-a-soviet-prison