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Richard Ward II takes a photo of a 169th Airlift Squadron unit emblem lineage display in Peoria, Ill., Aug. 27, 2020. Richard and his sister, Ann J. Ward, right, are children of Capt. Richard Ward, an F-84D Thunderstreak pilot who died in an on-base aircraft accident during the June 1959 drill weekend. The captain’s Distinguished Flying Cross earned during the Korean War was bestowed to them by extended family during a ceremony on the installation after being lost for 61 years. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)