Five veterans from the Reata Glen Retirement Community in Mission Viejo, including two who served during World War II, were blanketed with an extra layer of warmth and comfort as a gesture of gratitude for their service to their country.

Dozens of Reata Glen residents filled the community’s meeting hall as “quilts of valor” were wrapped around the shoulders of the five honorees, the highlight of the retirement community’s annual Veterans Day ceremony.

Merril Clisby, a U.S. Air Force veteran who served in the Korean War from 1952-1956, is presented with a handmade quilt by volunteer quilters Martha McGinty, left, and Dale McGinty during a Veterans Day Ceremony at the Reata Glen retirement community in Rancho Mission Viejo on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing

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