BJ writes a letter home to his wife while there’s a lull in the action. The letter includes the 4077 breaking a world record, a big mean chaplain coming to visit, and Klinger’s multiple escape attempts.

Ned Beatty 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Beatty

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000885/

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/12168%7C0/Ned-Beatty/#overview

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/arts/ned-beatty-dead.html

https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2021/06/ned-beatty-remembered-a-look-at-network/

World Records Mentioned 

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2021/5/freediver-holds-breath-for-almost-25-minutes-breaking-record-660285

https://www.boredpanda.com/weirdest-guinness-world-records/ 

https://www.thefactsite.com/weird-world-records/ 

Music credit: 

“Feel Good Rock” by Jason Shaw, https://audionautix.com/ 

Cover Art by M. Cameron 

https://www.plaguedoctorart.com/

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Welcome back and welcome to the holiday season!  This week, a traumatized soldier comes to the 4077 claiming to be Jesus Christ. After Margaret and Frank decide to get none other than Captain Flagg involved, Hawkeye calls on Sidney Freedman to inject some sanity back into the situation. 

Alan Fudge 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Fudge

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0297322/

https://variety.com/2011/scene/news/actor-alan-fudge-dies-at-67-1118045786/

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/66713%7C174386/Alan-Fudge/#overview

Humanitas Prize 

https://www.humanitasprize.org/

https://www.humanitasprize.org/prize-winners

Jewish People & the Red Scare 

https://wp.nyu.edu/artsampscience-jewishleftproject/the-jewish-american-left-beyond-the-red-scare/

https://www.thejc.com/culture/features/hunting-communists-they-were-really-after-jews-1.10702

https://jewishcurrents.org/may-2-mccarthyism-and-the-jews

https://jwa.org/teach/livingthelegacy/jewish-radicalism-and-red-scare-introductory-essay

https://www.americanjewisharchives.org/snapshots/mccarthyism-and-antisemitism-the-execution-of-julius-and-ethel-rosenberg/

Music credit: 

“Feel Good Rock” by Jason Shaw, https://audionautix.com/ 

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When the shelling gets too close to an orphanage, the 4077 takes in the kids. They warm everyone’s heart, except Frank, who is too busy worrying about his unearned Purple Heart medal!

Content Warning: There are brief mentions of the October 2023 Israel/Hamas war in this episode.

Ann Doran
https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/03/arts/ann-doran-89-character-actress.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Doran

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/51983%7C13237/Ann-Doran#overview

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-journal/5782067/

Music credit: 

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Happy Anniversary Col. Potter! To celebrate a beautiful 27 years of marriage, Col. Potter writes his beloved wife a letter, which lets us in on a little more insight on the man Potter is. Meanwhile, Frank and Margaret hatch a scheme to get the CO an anniversary gift while Hawkeye, BJ, and Radar rescue a horse. Yes, an actual horse! 

Music credit: 

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All the doctors plus Radar get stranded when their bus breaks down while coming back from a medical conference. After several attempts to fix it, Radar goes missing, a wounded North Korean soldier asks for help, and Frank is just his usual self but in crisis mode. Featuring an unexpected, but welcome Kilroy cosplay by BJ! 

Kilroy Was Here 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here#In_popular_culture

/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1946/12/24/88402732.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-kil1.htm

https://books.google.com/books?id=HkYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA120#v=onepage&q&f=false

https://www.livescience.com/7577-kilroy-changed-world.html

Music credit: 

“Feel Good Rock” by Jason Shaw, https://audionautix.com/ 

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Microscopes, tanks, and STDs! Hawkeye and BJ call in several favors and work some blackmail magic to get some bottles of scotch and a new microscope for the camp. Oh, and somehow Frank gets to play with a LITERAL TANK!

Bruce Kirby 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kirby_(actor)

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0116483/

https://ew.com/tv/bruce-kirby-dead/

Ted Hamilton 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Hamilton#Filmography

https://www.squashnz.co.nz/about/history.cfm?content_id=3051

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358186/

Frank Marth 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Marth

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551731/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/honeymooners-actor-frank-marth-dies-670416/

Music credit: 

“Feel Good Rock” by Jason Shaw, https://audionautix.com/ 

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Hawkeye is dead! Or at least that’s what the US Army thinks, meanwhile the man is alive and kicking. Being “dead” has some perks, like throwing a funeral party and not having to participate in Frank’s yoga class. Unfortunately, the end of life celebration can’t last for long because the Army has not only stopped Hawkeye’s pay and mail, but relayed the misinformation to Hawkeye’s poor dad!

Notifying Families of Servicemembers’ Deaths 

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3340619

https://www.military.com/spouse/military-life/how-military-conducts-death-notification.html

 https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2015/02/beyond-i-regret-to-inform-you/#:~:text=During%20World%20War%20II%2C%20Korea,wounded%2C%20or%20killed%20in%20action.

Richard Masur 

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0557956/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Masur

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/124552%7C0/Richard-Masur/

https://performingartslegacy.org/masur/

Glen and Les Charles 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_and_Les_Charles

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-16-tv-35836-story.html

Music credit: 

“Feel Good Rock” by Jason Shaw, https://audionautix.com/ 

Cover Art by M. Cameron 

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Today (tonight) we follow the personnel of the 4077 as they work an overnight shift in post-op. The doctors and nurses deal with shelling, shootings, and angry patients, which might seem like an eventful but is pretty much par for the course. 

Walter Dishell 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Dishell

https://mash.fandom.com/wiki/Dr._Walter_Dishell,_M.D.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFJE4PWpc60

 https://www.metv.com/stories/the-m-a-s-h-medical-consultant-revealed-which-surgeon-took-the-role-most-seriously

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Attention all personnel! Introducing our new commanding officer, Col. Sherman T. Potter! It’s out with the old and in with the new as Frank is kicked out of the CO position and Col. Potter is ushered in. After a bit of skepticism from the rest of the camp due to his “Regular Army” type nature, the 4077 quickly warms up to our new stand-in dad. 

Harry Morgan 

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0604702/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Morgan#Film_work

https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/harry-morgan

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/arts/television/harry-morgan-mash-and-dragnet-actor-dies-at-96.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20151019125550/http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9RGEV8O0.htm

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/1251130%7C0/Harry-Morgan/#overview

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Welcome (back) to Korea! In the 4th season opener, we find out that Trapper got his orders to be sent home while Hawkeye was away! After stealing a jeep and Radar, Hawkeye goes on a journey to say goodbye to his best friend and gains another one on the way. Meanwhile, back at the 4077, Frank and Margaret prepare for the replacement surgeon: Captain BJ Hunnicut!

Wayne Rogers 

 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/01/nyregion/wayne-rogers-82-actor-in-tv-show-mash.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Rogers

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0737257/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fmi9YXQZzc

Mike Farrell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Farrell#Providence_(1999%E2%80%932002)

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0268286/

https://deathpenalty.org/board-of-directors/

https://web.archive.org/web/20070811105753/http://www.mikefarrell.org/bio.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-11-mn-2820-story.html

General Raymond Bliss 

https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Raymond_W._Bliss#CITEREFWhitcomb2011

https://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/rwbliss.htm

Guerrilla Warfare- Korea & Vietnam 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huRWshoW7T8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Squads_(Korean_War)#Notable_Missions

Music credit: 

“Feel Good Rock” by Jason Shaw, https://audionautix.com/ 

Cover Art by M. Cameron 

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