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MASH 8055 was the unit that MASH 4077 of the book, movie and television series was patterned after. It was the first Mobile Army Surgical Hospital to be activated in South Korea in July 1950. In 1952 it was re-designated at the 43rd Mobile Army Surgical Hospital and finally had a permanent at Camp Humphreys where it was deactivated in 1997.
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Was Spearchucker Jones from MASH a real person?
MASH was based on the actual 8055 MASH unit. There was said to be at least one black doctor in this unit during the Korean War
Who played Margaret in mash the movie?
Sally Kellerman played Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the Robert Altman movie MASH (1970). This character was played by Loretta Swit in the CBS television series M*A*S*H (1972-83). The role is modeled after two Korean War MASH 8055 head nurses: Hotlips Hammerly and Janie Hall.
What happened to Sophie on last episode of mash?
Colonel Potter left his horse Sophie with the children at the orphanage.
What happened in the final episode of mash?
Goodbye, Farewell and Amen chronicles the final days of the Korean War at the 4077 MASH, features a few story lines to show the war's effects on individual personnel of the unit and brings closure to the series.
What happened to the actor fro'sm the TV show MASH Gary Burgoff hand?
no cause is known for it, though it is presumed to be a birth defect known as a localized Dysmelia. -from wikipedia.
