Charles Cram of Capistrano Beach, a WWII Veteran, stands to be recognized during the annual Veterans Day Service at Strands Vista Park in Dana Point on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Jim Lofdahl, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9934 Chaplain, gives a benediction to close the annual Veterans Day Service at Strands Vista Park in Dana Point on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9934 Adjutant David Vera recognizes the veterans of the various military branches during the annual Veterans Day Service at Dana Point’s Strands Vista Park on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Marine LtCol John “Tug” Miller, Commanding Officer VMM364, Purple Foxes Squadron, Camp Pendleton, give the keynote address during a Veterans Day Service at Strands Vista Park in Dana Point on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Charles Cram of Capistrano Beach, a WWII Veteran, sits with his family during the annual Veterans Day Service at Strands Vista Park in Dana Point on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9934 Vice Commander Richard Alonzo makes remarks during a Veterans Day Service at Strands Vista Park in Dana Point on Friday November 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9934 members salute during the National Anthem at the annual Veterans Day Ceremony in Strands Vista Park in Dana Point on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9934 Vice Commander Carlos Garcia presides over a “Missing Man Table” ceremony, honoring fallen soldiers, during a Veterans Day Service at Strands Vista Park in Dana Point on Friday November 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Eagle Scout Evan Heckler, of Troop 872, leads the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of the annual Veteran Day Service at Dana Point’s Strands Vista Park on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Four F-16 fighter jets, piloted by Major Trevor “Cooper” Kilroy, Major Dakota “Scar” Olsen, Major Chase “Ramm” Welch and Major Corbin “Joker” Boyles, perform a fly over during the annual Veterans Day Service at Strands Vista Park in Dana Point on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

A Marine Color Guard, from Camp Pendleton Air Station, presents the flag during a Veterans Day Service at Dana Point’s Strands Vista Park on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9934 Commander Ricardo Jauregui makes remarks during a Veterans Day Service at Dana Point’s Strands Vista Park on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Dana Point Mayor Joseph Muller makes welcoming remarks during a Veterans Day Service at Strands Vista Park on Friday morning, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Andrea Sheva sings the National Anthem during a Veterans Day Service at Strands Vista Park in Dana Point on Friday morning, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

VFW Post 9934 Ladies Auxiliary member Nancy Carlson helps unveil an updated plaque with the names of recently deceased veterans who were Post 9934 members or Dana Point residents during a Veterans Day Service at Strands Vista Park on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Marine LtCol John “Tug” Miller, Commanding Officer VMM364, Purple Foxes Squadron, Camp Pendleton, give the keynote address during a Veterans Day Service at Strands Vista Park in Dana Point on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

A Marine Color Guard, from Camp Pendleton Air Station, presents the flag during a Veterans Day Service at Dana Point’s Strands Vista Park on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9934 Honor Guard present a Riffle Salute during a Veterans Day Ceremony at Dana Point Strands Vista Park on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Joanne Jurado, of Dana Point Police Services, plays “Taps” on the bagpipes at the conclusion of the annual Veterans Day Service at Strands Vista Park in Dana Point on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Master of Ceremonies, and VFW District 2 Senior Vice Commander, Wayne Yost holds up a Veterans Day message from a local 5th grader as he reads it during the annual Veterans Day Service at Strands Vista Park in Dana Point on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Brigadier General David Smith, center, waves to the crowd as the veterans make their way down Harbor Blvd. during the the Fullerton Veterans Day ceremony on November 11, 2022. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)

A few in the crowd sported signs and flags of appreciation during the Fullerton community’s annual Veterans Day events on Nov. 11, 2022. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)

Brigadier General David Smith was the keynote speaker for the Fullerton Veterans Day ceremony on November 11, 2022. He gestured during the singing of the Air Force anthem. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)

People listen to speakers during the Fullerton Veterans Day ceremony on November 11, 2022. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)

Members of the JROTC were on hand at Hillcrest Park for the Fullerton Veterans Day ceremony on November 11, 2022. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)

Veterans parade to Hillcrest Park for the Fullerton Veterans Day ceremony on November 11, 2022. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)

Herb Wysard, 90, fought in Korea and attended the Fullerton Veterans Day ceremony on November 11, 2022. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)

A group of people applaud and cheer the veterans as they made their way up Harbor Blvd towards Hillcrest Park for the Fullerton Veterans Day ceremony on November 11, 2022. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)

Charlotte Frink, left, 7, of Fullerton gestures after getting cars to honk their horns for Veteran’s along the parade route at the Fullerton Veterans Day ceremony on November 11, 2022. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)

Air Force veteran Miles Kaspar, of Yorba Linda participates in the Fullerton Veterans Day ceremony on November 11, 2022. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)
Photographed on Friday, 11/11/2022 in Fullerton, California. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)

A veteran holds a small flag at the beginning of the Fullerton Veterans Day ceremony on November 11, 2022. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)

The Fullerton Police Honor Guard participates in the Fullerton Veterans Day ceremony on November 11, 2022. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)

Veterans from all branches of the military attended and salute during the gun salute by the Fullerton Police Honor Guard at the Fullerton Veterans Day ceremony on November 11, 2022. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)

Members of the crowd show their support as veterans march by during the Fullerton Veterans Day ceremony on November 11, 2022. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)

Veteran Bruce Anderson carried the American flag during a parade at the Fullerton Veterans Day ceremony on November 11, 2022. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)

Army Chief Warrant Officer 3, Jeff Harris, talks with fellow veterans before the start of the Fullerton Veteran’s Day Parade on November 11, 2022. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)

One hundred year-old Lee Spencer of Mission Viejo, a captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII who flew 30 bombing missions in a B-24, speaks to attendees following the 33rd annual Veterans Day observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Mission Viejo, Lake Forest, Aliso Viejo, and Laguna Hills, are brought to center stage during the 33rd annual Veterans Day observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Bagpiper Richard Cook of Tustin plays Amazing Grace during the 33rd annual Veterans Day observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

An honor guard firing salute by members of the VFW Edward J. Kearns Post 6024, take aim as guests watch during the 33rd annual Veterans Day observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

One hundred year-old Lee Spencer of Mission Viejo, a captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII who flew 30 bombing missions in a B-24, attends the 33rd annual Veterans Day observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A combined color guard carries the flags to center stage during the 33rd annual Veterans Day observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A combined color guard carries the flags to center stage during the 33rd annual Veterans Day observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Bugler Alfred Lang of Modjeska Canyon plays Taps during the 33rd annual Veterans Day observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Marine Corps veteran and Lake Forest Mayor Robert Pequeño speaks during the 33rd annual Veterans Day observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Patti Spencer, left, listens as her father-in-law, one hundred year-old Lee Spencer of Mission Viejo, a captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII who flew 30 bombing missions in a B-24, speaks to Emma Zacche, 7, and her grandfather, Bob Valery, right, a Marine Corps veteran, both of Mission Viejo, following the 33rd annual Veterans Day observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Matthew Noell of Redondo Beach plays the fife during the 33rd annual Veterans Day observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Bob Valery, right, a Marine Corps veteran, of Mission Viejo, stands with others during the Pledge of Allegiance during the 33rd annual Veterans Day observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Bagpiper Richard Cook of Tustin plays Amazing Grace during the 33rd annual Veterans Day observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)