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Army Shep's Army Career

Radar

Many of Shep's Army stories involved his time spent in a radar unit. On one occasion (11-25-67) he mentions the unit as being a SCR268 "which cost the Government $1.7 million and which is now available for $12.50!" The SCR-268 and the SCR-270, the Army's first air search radars, were developed at Ft. Monmouth, NJ. The SCR-270 was inproved version of the SCR-268 and was the type used in Hawaii, which detected the Japanese air attack of 1941. Short Stories: Playboy Sept 1967 - "The Secret Mission of the Blue-Assed Buzzard" Playboy May 1971 - "The Unforgettable Exhibition Game of the Giants versus the Dodgers, Tropical Bush league"

People Shep spoke of: Army

	Name
•	Troop Train Ernie
•	Cletus
•	Parsons
•	Lt. Col. Abercrombie
•	Abernathie
•	Birnbaum
•	Ira Bodkins
•	Lt. Cherry
•	Homer Croft
•	Dye
•	Roswell T Edwards
•	Elkins
•	Gasser
•	Goldberg
•	Goldwater
•	Goldworm
•	Sgt. Kowalski
•	Nash
•	Captain Robinson
•	Private Sanderson
•	Szymanski
•	Watkins
•	Wilson
•	Zinsmeister

Audio Links:

• 11-25-67 Limelight MP3 Soundbite -

Where Shep Makes Reference To This Subject:

Links to Further Information:

• Infoage - technical overview

• Wikipedia

Photos:

SCR268 Radar Unit similar to one Shep used in Army

Courtesy: Bob Clark

SCR268 Radar Unit similar to one Shep used in Army

Courtesy: Bob Clark

268SCR Unit

"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty." - Jean Shepherd - 1975