Veterans Honored at Mt. Soledad Annual Ceremony 2023

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Retired U.S. Navy veteran Cmdr. Henry James Bedinger, second from left, special guest speaker, holds the sample of a plaque commemorating his military service, which will be added to the memorial wall of the Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial at the annual Mt. Soledad Veteran’s Day Ceremony in La Jolla, California, Nov. 11, 2023. Bedinger is a Vietnam War veteran, who served as an A-4 Radar intercept officer during the Vietnam War and was forced to eject during a flight over Laos. Bedinger was taken as prisoner of war for 1,223 days until he was released in March 1973. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Melissa L. Karnath)

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Dec 4, 2023

LA JOLLA, Calif. - Retired U.S. Navy veteran Cmdr. Henry James Bedinger, second from left, special guest speaker, holds the sample of a plaque commemorating his military service, which will be added to the memorial wall of the Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial at the annual Mt. Soledad Veteran’s Day Ceremony in La Jolla, California, Nov. 11, 2023. Bedinger is a Vietnam War veteran, who served as an A-4 Radar intercept officer during the Vietnam War and was forced to eject during a flight over Laos. Bedinger was taken as prisoner of war for 1,223 days until he was released in March 1973. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Melissa L. Karnath)

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