Air Force Academy Alumni Honored 50 Years After Death

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (CBS4)- The Air Force Academy is honoring an alumni who died 50 years ago.

Captain Lance Sijan passed away at a camp in Vietnam, where he had been a prisoner of war.

He is the only Air Force Academy graduate to receive the medal of honor.

The Air Force Academy will honor his legacy with a march and ceremony this week.