Lorenzo Dow Gasser was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of the Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War, United States Military Government in Cuba, Pancho Villa Expedition, W
Gasser as a colonel, circa 1930. Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress.
Army and Corps area Commanders meet with Secretary of War and Chief of Staff in Washington, D.C., Dec. 1, 1939. Gasser is first on the left. Army Chief of Staff George Marshall is seated at the head of the table.
Grave of Gasser at Arlington National Cemetery
Since the establishment of the United States Army in 1775, three regiments have held the designation 28th Infantry Regiment. The first was a provisional unit that was constituted on 29 January 1813 an
Members of the 28th Infantry Regiment around a statue of Joan of Arc, Tréveray, France. February 1918
28th infantry regiment soldiers march on their way to the frontlines near Avranches, France. 31 July, 1944
Company B, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry patrols a rubber plantation near Loc Ninh
A squad of infantryman with 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment are inserted into a landing zone by a Black Hawk helicopter near Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq.