Our Memorial ceremony will be on May 31st, 2023 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. (PDT) This year, Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial will honor Jesse LeRoy Brown and LT. Thomas Hudner. Jesse LeRoy Brown was a United States Navy Officer and was the first African-American aviator to complete the U.S. Navy's basic flight training program. He was also a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the first African-American naval officer killed in the Korean War. Thomas Hudner Jr., a naval aviator who retired as captain, received the first Medal of Honor of the Korean War. Today he is the conflict’s last living Navy recipient. He was awarded “uncommon valor,” for crash-landing his plane in enemy territory in an attempt to save the life of his downed wingman, Ensign Jesse L. Brown. Brown died from injuries sustained in the crash. Our ceremony will be on May 31st, 2023 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. (PDT) The commemoration will be again hosted by former New Anchor, Marc Bailey. We will have musical performances, a wreath laying, and a missing-man flyby. Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial is one of the most unique veterans' memorials in the Nation and stands high on La Jolla's, Mt. Soledad, offering panoramic views of San Diego County. It is the only memorial that honors veterans, living or deceased, from the Revolutionary War to the current war on terrorism, with an image of the veteran. Close to 6,000 individual veteran tributes, embedded on black granite plaques, are mounted onto the curved walls honoring our United States veterans. Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial is located at 6905 La Jolla Scenic Dr. South, La Jolla, Ca 92037, and is open daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.