Sijan was the first Air Force Academy graduate to be awarded the Medal of Honor. Capt. Lance Peter Sijan was the first Air Force Academy graduate to be awarded the Medal of Honor. On Nov. 9, 1967, ...

If you live in Milwaukee, you may have driven past Sijan Field on Kinnickinick Avenue in Bay View or the F4C Phantom Jet near the airport on College Avenue. Both of these landmarks are dedicated to ...

MILWAUKEE -- On Friday, May 26th the community came together to honor local war hero and Medal of Honor recipient, Captain Lance P. Sijan, during a dedication of the newly completed memorial plaza ...

Later this month, the spirit of the sole Air Force Academy graduate to receive the Medal of Honor will be celebrated. Air Force Capt. Lance Peter Sijan died at the age of 25 on Jan. 21, 1968 while a ...

MILWAUKEE -- The warplane of Captain Lance Sijan, a Vietnam War veteran and Bay View Medal of Honor recipient, is now at its new home at General Mitchell International Airport. This, after the plane ...

Nearly 50 years after his death, and a decade of hard work, there is now a permanent spot to remember a hometown American hero. Hundreds gathered to dedicate the Lance P. Sijan Memorial Plaza outside ...

A little more than half a century ago, Air Force Capt. Lance Peter Sijan died while a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. Sijan, the sole Air Force Academy graduate to have been awarded the Medal of ...

We’ve recalled the story of Lance Sijan on Lake Effect before. Sijan was a Milwaukee native and an Air Force fighter pilot in Vietnam. His plane crashed over Laos, and he survived for more than a ...

SAN ANTONIO — The life of Lance P. Sijan, the Air Force Academy’s only medal of honor recipient, was remembered Thursday. His sister and cellmate spoke to airmen of the 37th training wing at Joint ...

The Lance P. Sijan bronze statue is displayed at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Sijan was the first USAFA graduate to receive the Medal of Honor. The Capt. Lance P. Sijan display at the National Museum ...

An F-4C Phantom jet painted in the same colors as the aircraft piloted by Lance Sijan in Vietnam loomed Friday over folks snapping photos and leaning close to read bronze plaques explaining the Medal ...