Five World War II veterans were featured during Tuesday's San Diego Veterans Day Parade downtown.

Al Hansen, 98, Fred Taylor, 103, Calvin Shiner, 102, Roberta Tidmore, 103 and Ena Slaughter, 100, each rode in convertibles through the parade waiving to the crowd.

Both sides of Harbor Drive were thick with spectators from the County Administration Center to the USS Midway Museum.

The parade featured marching bands, bagpipes, floats and balloons.

Army Air Corps veteran Fred Taylor flew P-51 Mustangs out of Italy during World War II. He said Veterans Day always brings him back to the war.

"It brings back all the memories of my time in the service and the flying buddies that I had," Taylor said. "(It) never goes away."

Taylor celebrates his 104th birthday Thursday. He said he knows the se

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