Fort Ord, where Williams was sent for basic training in 1950-51, was a United States Army post in Monterey, California. Used for military training beginning in 1917, the post became a Fort in 1941 and ...
Major League Baseball’s opening day is here and what better way to honor the day than to remember a famous baseball player and his time on the Central Coast. We are talking about Joe DiMaggio.With the ...
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 24, 2012) -- President Barack Obama signed a proclamation April 20 designating Fort Ord, Calif., as a national monument under the Department of the Interior.