BY Dale Welch Like the naming of the new Town of Monterey, in 1893, the new motto, “Where Hilltops Kiss the Sky” was named in a contest, in 1931. And like the town’s naming and coming up with the new moto, nobody has a clue as to what all the other choices were. The...
By Dale Welch Even though crews on U.S. Naval vessels usually had a bunk to lay their head, and a warm meal, sometimes it was challenging during World War II. Holiday meals were even special on the open seas. Then, there was that not one but two Thanksgiving meals...
By Dale Welch Monterey’s James Robbins sit at “battle stations,” aboard the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Hornet, on April 18, 1942, as 16 B-25 aircraft, commanded by Lt. Col. James Doolittle, took off from the deck headed for Tokyo, Japan. It was America’s first answer...
By Dale Welch He was just a boy when World War II came to his eastern Putnam County home. Robert Jernigan, of Monterey answered his country’s call, just like the many young men and women did in the fight for freedom. Jernigan grew up as the middle child of James Cater...
By Dale Welch “I’ve tried to put all that behind me,” longtime Monterey resident Cecil Garrett told me in a 2001 interview. He was talking about all the dodging bullets, the marching, crawling, digging, and shooting his way across Itay, France and Germany during those...
