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 ...

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 ...

Air Force Capt. Lance Peter Sijan died at the age of 25 on Jan. 21, 1968 while a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. Gen. Mark A. Welsh III is set to receive the Sijan Service Award during Home ...

Sijan Hall, built in 1968, is expected to need a major remodel to upgrade its heating, electrical, plumbing and fire protection systems. It also needs work to renovate window walls, bathrooms ...

Hundreds gathered to dedicate the Lance P. Sijan Memorial Plaza outside General Mitchell Airport Friday morning. Governor Scott Walker was one of a handful of speakers. Walker also proclaimed ...

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 ...

WW II Veteran Tom Wilson honored at the Milwaukee Yacht Club for the annual Lance Sijan Awards luncheon. Sijan and Wilson were both pilots who were shot down. Wilson in Africa. Sijan in Vietnam.

THE AWARDS ARE NAMED AFTER MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT LANCE SIJAN, WHO SURVIVED 46 DAYS IN THE JUNGLE AFTER HIS PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN. HE EVENTUALLY WAS CAPTURED AND DIED IN A PRISON CAMP AGAIN.

Sijan Award at the Pentagon, Apr. 8, 2024. The Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award recognizes Airmen who demonstrate the highest qualities of leadership in the performance of their duties and conduct ...

Sijan Award recipient to receive her award thanks to the global pandemic. On CBS 58 Sunday Morning, Amanda Porterfield joined Millie at her home at Luthor Manor in Wauwatosa to learn about her ...