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Last Update: 09-21-2015

Herbert Gasser

aka: Gasser

Army

"Gasser" was often referred to in Shep's Army stories. He was the Army equivelent of a "Flick" or "Schwartz" in Shep's stories. On the July 3, 1965 show "The Dago Bomb" Shep even takes credit for having Gasser parachuted into Germany.
Fan Comments
[ Courtesy: Steve Glazer - 09-21-2015 ]
Herbert M. Gasser was born in Los Angeles, California, on September 27, 1923. Prior to graduating from high school, Gasser went to work at Western Electric Co., where he installed central-office telephone-switching systems from 1941-43. He enlisted in the U.S. Army at Los Angeles on January 22, 1943, with his civilian occupation listed under the category of "skilled linemen and servicemen, telephone, telegraph and power." He served in the Army until 1946, when he resumed working at Western Electric. He married Mary M. Cotrell on March 25, 1950. In the early-1950s, he went to work at General Telephone headquarters in Santa Monica, where he ultimately rose to management. He was also very active in the adult leadership of Scouting in California. In their later years, the Gassers resided in Stevenson Ranch, California. Mary passed away on March 1, 2012, and Herbert followed her on October 9, 2013.
Where Shep Makes Reference To This Subject:
Time Date Category Title
July 3, 1965 Radio The Dago Bomb
April 30, 1966 Radio Sex Education; Top Secret Radar; $20 in Library Book
July 11, 1966 Radio Archy Declares War, Army Cockroaches
July 23, 1966 Radio Forced March Through the Ozarks with Gasser & Goldberg
• 47:58 April 1, 1967 Radio Patent Medicine
August 26, 1967 Radio Minor League Baseball, Amusement Park Rides, Leave at the Boardwalk.
October 7, 1967 Radio Concrete Mexicans / Shep, the Colonel, and Sweetheart Pillows
November 11, 1967 Radio Hobbies, Radar, Beer and Tonsils
• 46:28 October 10, 1970 Radio Story of Company K and Spanish Fly
• 28:08 January 29, 1971 Radio Gasser & Shep Almost Tattood Long Branch, NJ
• 26:06 December 24, 1973 Radio Christmas Service Poem, The 3 Day Pass
• 33:14 January 9, 1974 Radio Real Mysteries, Awakening Sleeping Animals
• 13:06 October 22, 1974 Radio Laying Wire From the Air
• 33:10 November 27, 1974 Radio Thanksgiving in the Army
• 10:24 January 24, 1975 Radio Signal Corps - Special Order
December 24, 1975 Radio Christmas in the Army, Pole Line Construction
October 3, 1962 Radio Army Pass in NY
• 30:00 1967 Radio TV Commercials, Boardwalk Pass, Latrine Orderly
Photos:


January 23,1943
Army Enlistment

Courtesy: Steve Glazer


July 1944
Gasser in Central Park

Courtesy: Randall Shepherd


February 12,1973
Gasser Retires

Courtesy: Steve Glazer