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2011 Sijan awards

Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz presented the Lance P. Sijan USAF Leadership Award to this year's recipients: (from left) Maj. Laura DeJong, Capt Gilbert Wyche II, Senior Master Sgt. Timothy Sterner and Tech. Sgt. Nathanael Hoag, during a ceremony in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes on April 6, 2012, Washington, D.C. 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)

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