Veterans Day 2019: Camp Pendleton vets share their story - Retired U.S. Marine Corps Col. Skip Curtis served from January 1965 to July 1996 as a pilot. Curtis deployed to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Throughout his time in Vietnam, Curtis, a Temple, Pennsylvania, native, said what kept him going was letters from his wife, which at the time took 10 days to receive. During his last flight in Vietnam he earned his second Purple Heart after he and his crew we shot down. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

Camp Pendleton preserves Native American culture - Tools, jewelry, artifacts and basketry are on display at the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians gathering on the grounds of the historical Las Flores Ranch here Nov. 3. The ranch was once a Luiseno Village named Ushmae, "place of the roses."

Gary Sinise Foundation hosts Pendleton’s Fall Carnival - Gary Sinise, Hollywood actor and bassist for the Lt. Dan Band, performs during the Fall Carnival at the Wire Mountain softball fields on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Sept. 13, 2019. The Fall Carnival was a free event hosted by the Gary Sinise Foundation to show support for service members, and featured a concert by Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)