The Center for Oral and Public History is capturing the recollections of veterans and others once stationed at El Toro as part of the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station Oral History Project.
Retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez lectures on the importance of recognizing veterans and stresses that leadership, in and out of the military, is about values, common sense and taking care of others.
The Orange County Great Park Corp. feted veterans once stationed at El Toro Saturday with a special reception. Those honored included many of the narrators in CSUF's El Toro oral history project.
Communications students are marking Veterans Day making blankets for soldiers serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. Their goal is to finish 500 blankets as part of a public relations class project.