Since writing my vanity review, I have gone to various sources on the Web to see what they say about the incidents in the movie. It seems that my memories, no matter how hazy, are pretty accurate, except for Mr. Donovan’s role.
It seems that that was well publicized at the time, a fact that I must have missed because by that time, I was busy with 2 toddlers and another infant that I cared for full time. I was still short on news since my husband was a student, I had no TV, and no subscriptions to the newspaper, or news magazines. And no time to go to the library.
I relied on radio, only, until he graduated and our cash flow picked up enough for a subscription to the daily paper and to Time magazine. And in those days, radio was something that was plugged into the wall and could only be heard when I was in that very room doing ironing. (We did lots of ironing in those days.) LOL
My memory of dates was accurate. (The movie compresses the time line of major events.) My memory of the contempt the public felt for Powers was accurate. People pretty much viewed him as a sell-out and suspicious. The movie doesn’t make clear the separation of the AF and the CIA. He was really flying for the CIA, although the AF was a co-sponsor. I suppose the AF role was in the training, but the planes belonged to the CIA and the missions were ordered by the CIA. All that info has come out much later.
I neglected to mention that I give the film 4 stars and would see it again. I appreciate the fact that they offered the disclaimer at the very beginning “inspired by true evens”, rather than “based on a true story. It sent me to the Web to do a little research.
I can’t add anything to your knowledge of the topic. But, I would like to say that you have a talent for writing and your personal story sounds the most interesting. You should be a writer of books!