# @af_academy on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CL_29oAFKXJ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8951704-af-academy-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/legacy-do/cb29677769c675c10c34659dd5968472fb13d547e3b287f0e985ec5d344e6aee.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-03-04T13:03:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** U.S. Air Force Academy (@af_academy) — https://gondola.cc/af_academy

## Caption

On this day in history....Captain Lance Sijan, Class of ’65, posthumously becomes the first USAFA graduate to be awarded the Medal of Honor. Then-First Lieutenant Sijan was reported missing in action after he ejected from his disabled F-4C aircraft on November 9, 1967, during a night bombing mission in North Vietnam. He died two months later while in captivity. President Ford presented the award to Capt. Sijan’s parents at a White House ceremony on March 4, 1976.  #NeverForgotten #HonorThem

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