The people Shep mentioned in his stories were a combination of real, made-up, and real people with made-up names. But there was a Roswell T. Edwards in Shep's Signal Corps company. In this program from April 14, 1965; Shep describes the scene when Edwards showed up an one of his public appearances.
"Army" (April 14, 2013)
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