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The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (The actual MASH units in Korea were the 8054th, 8055th, 8063d, 8076th, 8209th, 8225th and 8228th.)
Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce is a draftee surgeon.
Sal Viscuso and Todd Susman were M*A*S*H's PA announcers
No. The 4077 was a fictional outfit in the novel MASH by Richard Hooker. His real Name was H. Richard Hornberger,M.D., and he was, in fact, a surgeon during the Korean War. He worked at a REAL MASH Unit: the 8055th, and his books are based upon his experiences as a surgeon there. In fact, many of the plot lines from the show are taken directly from Hooker's experience. There were, also, many army surgeons who wrote in suggesting stories for plot lines that were actually used during the run of the series.