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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz (left) gives his remarks
before presenting the Lance P. Sijan USAF Leadership Award to the 2011
recipients during a ceremony in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes, April 6,
2012, Washington, D.C. Maj. Laura DeJong and Capt Gilbert Wyche II
(pictured, left to right) joined Senior Master Sgt. Timothy Sterner and
Tech. Sgt. Nathanael Hoag as the newest honorees. The Sijan award was
created in 1981 to recognize individuals who demonstrate the highest qualities of leadership both in and out of uniform. Sijan was an Air Force Academy graduate. At the time of his death, he was an Air Force captain and fighter pilot. He was shot down during a mission in Vietnam and later died while being held in a prisoner of war camp. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jim Varhegyi)
| Date Taken: | 04.06.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 04.09.2012 15:57 |
| Photo ID: | 556648 |
| VIRIN: | 120406-F-FC975-248 |
| Resolution: | 3857x2755 |
| Size: | 6.81 MB |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US |
| Web Views: | 128 |
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Four airmen honored with 2011 Sijan award
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