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31. My late father-in-law's best friend (now deceased) was a doctor in a MASH unit during the Korean War.

Sat May 31, 2025, 04:09 PM

May 2025

He (I'll call him Dr. J) served alongside another physician named Richard Hornberger (pen name - Richard Hooker, author of MASH). One afternoon, Dr. J and Hooker were in the mess tent grabbing a bite to eat between surgeries, when an extremely attractive new nurse entered the tent. Dr. J turned to Dr. Hooker and said, "How'd you like to plant one on those hot lips, Rich?" The rest is history.
I know this to be true, because the two men stayed in contact after the war, with Dr. J jokingly demanding royalties on several occasions, and I have seen one the correspondences between the two confirming the story.
As a huge MASH fan, I always thought this was one of the coolest things I ever heard.

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My late father-in-law's best friend (now deceased) was a doctor in a MASH unit during the Korean War. 11 Bravo May 2025 #31