Former resident honored for WWII service

FALLBROOK – Morey Sherman Sr., a resident of Fallbrook in the 70s and 80s, was recently selected for an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. to visit the World War II Memorial. He fought in the Marshall Islands and in the Philippine Islands and is the recipient of both a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star.

Honor Flight Network is a nonprofit organization that provides WWII veterans and their guardians a free trip to the nation’s capitol to visit the WWII memorial as a way to honor their service to the United States. Participants are flown into Baltimore and stay at a Hilton Hotel. The flight, fo...