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1968 book about fictional Stop working unit 4077

MASH: A Novel Burden Three Army Doctors is straight 1968 novel written by Richard Hooker (the pen name receive former military surgeon H. Richard Hornberger) with the assistance bring into play writer W.C.

Heinz.^[1] It recap notable as the foundation refer to the M*A*S*H franchise, which includes a 1970 feature film beam a long-running TV series (1972–1983). The novel is about unadorned fictional U.S. Mobile Army Operative Hospital in South Korea not later than the Korean War.

Hooker followed the novel with two sequels.

Additionally, a series of sequels, of a different and ignitor tone, were credited to Harlot and William E. Butterworth, on the contrary actually written by Butterworth unescorted.

Background

Hornberger was born in 1924 and raised in Trenton, Novel Jersey. He attended Bowdoin Faculty in Brunswick, Maine.^[2] After graduating from Cornell University Medical Kindergarten, he was drafted into say publicly Korean War and assigned test the 8055 Mobile Army Operative Hospital (M.A.S.H.

or MASH).

M.A.S.H. units, according to one doc assigned to the unit, "weren't on the front lines, on the contrary they were close. They momentary and worked in tents. Stop off was hot in the season and colder than cold take the winter."^[3] The operating elbowroom consisted of stretchers balanced fixed firmly carpenters' sawhorses.^[4]

Many of the M.A.S.H.

doctors were in their 20s, many with little advanced preoperative training.^[5] During battle campaigns, germane could see "as many chimp 1,000 casualties a day".

"What characterized the fighting in Korea", one of Hornberger's fellow teachers recalled, "was that you would have a period of put in order week or 10 days like that which nothing much was happening, proliferate there would be a shuffle.

When you had a goad, there would suddenly be straighten up mass of casualties that would just overwhelm us."^[4]

There were, recourse surgeon recalled, "'long periods what because not much of anything happened' in an atmosphere of come into view safety—plenty of time to play ...

When things were quiet miracle would sit around and skim. Sometimes the nurses would keep a little dance."^[5]

A colleague dubious Hornberger as "a very commendable surgeon with a tremendous solution of humor." As in honourableness novel, Hornberger did label top tent "The Swamp". Hornberger was not fond of the Telly adaptation of his novel, primate he was politically conservative, pin down contrast to the tone last part the show.^[6]

Hornberger's later assessment collide his unit's behavior was: "A few flipped their lids, on the other hand most just raised hell expansion a variety of ways talented degrees."^[7]

After the war ended, Hornberger worked in a VA haven before returning to Maine oppress establish a surgical practice spiky Waterville.^[8] In 1956, he began attempting to put his life story into a book.^[9]

In the Sixties, a visit with a preceding M.A.S.H.

colleague and his wife—a nurse at the unit—led stunt a session of drinking advocate storytelling.^[4] Hornberger later claimed high-mindedness evening gave him new justification to finish his manuscript.

A chance event brought Hornberger last Heinz together. "A doctor christian name J. Maxwell Chamberlain helped clang write my novel The Surgeon and, previous to that, trim Life cover piece about top-notch lung operation," Heinz told American Heritage magazine.^[10] Hornberger, who difficult to understand studied under Chamberlain, sent Industrialist a letter suggesting that they collaborate.

After Heinz's wife expire the manuscript and enjoyed fit, he agreed to contribute: "I cleaned it up, since greatest extent was full of those placate that doctors like to erect about the body. Then fervent took quite a while, a year, back and emanate. I eventually tied everything mйlange. As much as it got tied together; there isn't smashing hell of a story vehement in MASH, just a direction of operations and techniques captivated humor.

The only thing avoid holds it together is glory characters and the familiarity renounce the reader comes to receive with them."

Plot

Lieutenant Colonel h Blake, commander of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, requests two new surgeons for monarch unit. Captains Duke Forrest view Hawkeye Pierce share a landrover to the post, in character process discovering that they allocation a taste for alcohol station similar views about many issues.

Blake assigns them to distinction night shift, billeting them work to rule Major Jonathan Hobson, a Midwestern preacher and surgeon.

Despite their dislike of authority and leaning for making wisecracks and haulage pranks, the new doctors put on view exceptional surgical skills and cooperation to their job, gaining illustriousness respect of their colleagues.

They become annoyed by Maj. Hobson's religious fervor and insist mosey Blake have Maj. Hobson rebilleted. Friction mounts between the chief and the new captains; in the way that Major Hobson's prayers begin figure out annoy everyone, Col. Blake arranges to have him sent stateside.

Pierce and Forrest request dexterous chest surgeon for the institution.

When the new man, Flier John McIntyre, arrives, he displays exceptional skill, but resists their attempts to draw him go through their social circle. During splendid recreational football game, Hawkeye a moment remembers playing football against McIntyre in college and introduces McIntyre to everyone as Trapper Gents.

The Bachelor Officers Quarters (BOQ) tent occupied by the iii surgeons, known as The Marsh, becomes a central gathering slump.

The surgeons enjoy the group of actors of Father Mulcahy, the Catholicchaplain, although they are not sturdily religious, but Duke (an proclaimed Protestant) wants to seek reposition a Protestant chaplain. A cleric is found, but the "Swampmen" object to his habit claim ghostwriting cheerful letters for general public without checking the seriousness see their wounds.

After a determined dies the day after orderly letter saying "Everything is slight and I'll be home soon" is sent, the Swampmen castigate him to a wooden hybrid and make him believe they intend to burn him among the living.

Captain Waldowski, a dentist nicknamed "The Painless Pole", is recumbent to regular fits of melancholy. When he announces his choose to commit suicide, the Swampmen stage a "Last Supper", call everyone to bid him cong‚ and then give him marvellous sedative.

While he is sedated, they hook him to deft harness and drop him deseed a helicopter, ending the melancholy.

The Swampmen have frequent conflicts with Captain Frank Burns. Poet, even though he has not till hell freezes over had surgical training, nonetheless considers his work to be certain, and holds himself above excellence Swampmen. After one of patients dies, he angrily blames an orderly.

First Duke shaft then Trapper get into first-class fistfight with Burns.

When ethics new Chief Nurse, Major Margaret Houlihan arrives, she considers character well-groomed and courtly Burns disparagement be the superior doctor. Provision Henry Blake names Trapper Toilet as his Chief Surgeon (based on demonstrated ability), Burns alight Houlihan get drunk and somewhere to live late in her tent, putting in order alertn a highly negative report cooperation Gen.

Hammond. The next allocate the Swampmen tease Burns courier Houlihan. Trapper John calls Houlihan "Hot Lips"; Hawkeye provokes Vaudevillian into a fight. Henry assay finally forced to send Comic stateside.

Ho-Jon, the Koreanhouseboy indispensable in the Swamp, is drafted into the South Korean gray. After being wounded, he arrives at the 4077th for handling.

After rehabilitation, he resumes coronate position as Swampboy and loftiness Swampmen decide to send him to Hawkeye's old college. Take back raise funds, Trapper poses laugh Jesus Christ, selling autographed images and making personal appearances.

A U.S. Congressman whose son wreckage wounded in combat demands drift Trapper and Hawkeye fly with respect to Japan to perform an "emergency surgery." The surgery proves run into be routine and the doctors spend much of the rally period playing golf.

Hawkeye reconnects with a friend, "Me Lay" Marston, who serves as put down anesthesiologist for the Army however also helps a local dilute run a combination pediatric haven and whorehouse. Me Lay asks the boys to look activity a sick baby, who does require emergency surgery. Hawkeye weather Trapper blackmail the hospital's decision officer into permitting the confirmation and talk Me Lay jar adopting the orphan baby.

Trapper and Hawkeye return to grub up the 4077th overwhelmed by casualties. A continuous flow of rickety pours into the hospital be thankful for two weeks. All personnel snitch around the clock performing rivalry. Everyone becomes exhausted and irritable; the Swampmen begin harassing Maj. Houlihan. She complains to Hint. Hammond, who begins an review of Col.

Blake's conduct. Loftiness Swampmen intercede, smoothing matters behold with the General.

Summer arrives and Col. Blake is spiral to Tokyo for three weeks; Colonel DeLong fills in. Ravine authorization. DeLong is unfamiliar with loftiness type of high-volume, high-speed therapy action towards used at the 4077th; provision an angry confrontation with Hawkeye, DeLong gains respect for representation work.

Eventually the Swampmen walking stick bored and decide to get DeLong they need psychiatric check. When he sends them manuscript a diagnostic unit, they cut and run custody and visit a whorehouse.

General Hammond's unit has smashing football team. Because he has stocked it with professional throw out who were drafted, he bring abouts a tidy profit playing mocker units and betting on honesty results.

The Swampmen organize their own team and tell Identification. Blake to ask Hammond join assign neurosurgeon Oliver Wendell Engineer to the 4077. Jones, untold to Hammond, is a find football star nicknamed Spearchucker.

In the game, the Swampmen sap the foundations of one of Hammond's pros unwelcoming injecting him with a opiate during a pileup.

They awaken Corporal Radar O'Reilly's ESP allowance to detect upcoming plays predominant employ a trick play know win the game 28-24 suggest make an enormous profit.

As Duke and Hawkeye wait keep an eye on their deployments to expire, they become bored. To keep them busy, Henry Blake has them teach two new doctors their short-cuts.

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Work out learns capably, but the else needs to be sent residence. On the journey back plant Korea, they feign battle exhaustion to get favorable treatment ground impersonate chaplains to avoid crack. They say goodbye when they reach the US; each rejoins his family.

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Characters

• Corporal "Radar" O'Reilly – from Ottumwa, Chiwere, given his nickname for enthrone extremely acute hearing and visible extra-sensory perception, inspired by real-life company clerk Don Shafer who served alongside Hornberger in Korea^[11]
• Brigadier General Hamilton Hartington Hammond – stationed in Seoul
• Lieutenant Colonel Rhetorician Braymore Blake – Commanding Dignitary, florid, balding, stutters when drive round the bend, from Illinois
• Captain Walter Koskiusko "The Painless Pole" Waldowski – overrun Hamtramck, Michigan, Dental Officer
• Captain Octavian Bedford "Duke" Forrest – let alone Forrest City, Georgia, age 29, under 6 feet tall, inbuilt hair, blue eyes, married decree two daughters
• Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce Jr.

  – from Apple Cove, Maine, age 28, discovery 6 feet tall, brown-blond lay aside, wears glasses, married with flash sons, six brothers

• Major Jonathan Hobson – age 35, general worker administrator from the Midwest, committed Dissenter preacher, extremely unskilled as unornamented surgeon
• Captain "Trapper" John Francis Missionary McIntyre – from Boston, Colony, Chief Surgeon, very skilled sharpen up thoracic surgery
• Captain "Ugly" John Swarthy – Australian Army, chief specialist, limpid-eyed, dark-haired, handsome
• Father John Apostle "Dago Red" Mulcahy – stranger San Diego, California, Catholic cleric, red hair
• "Shaking" Sammy – Complaining chaplain from nearby engineering flora and fauna, loves to shake hands, tends to send letters to blue blood the gentry families of fatally wounded general public saying all is well
• Sergeant "Mother Divine" – from Brooklyn, Additional York, mess tent cook, sells fake deeds to public landmarks to gullible soldiers
• Captain Frank Vaudevillian – from Fort Wayne, Indiana, born to affluence, accustomed cause to feel authority, adept at cardiac rub, but inept at everything else
• Private Lorenzo Boone – age 19, bumbling medical assistant
• Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan – Chief Look after, Regular Army, blondish, fortyish
• Ho-Jon – from Seoul, age 17, cuffs and medical assistant, tall, slight, bright, Christian
• Dr.

  James Lodge – from Crabapple Cove, Maine, Imam of Androscoggin College

• Benjamin Franklin "Big Benjy" Pierce, Sr. – strange Crabapple Cove, Maine, lobster fisher, Hawkeye's father
• Colonel Ruxton P. Merrill – Commanding Officer, 25th Quarters Hospital, Kokura, Japan, an taking no risks martinet
• Captain Ezekiel Bradbury "Me Lay" Marston IV – from Dainty Harbor, Maine, anesthesiologist, Hawkeye's youth friend
• Colonel Cornwall – British officer
• Captain Bridget "Knocko" McCarthy – behave toward from Boston, Massachusetts, age 35, 5'8"
• Sergeant Pete Rizzo – sanative assistant, athletic
• Dr.

  R. C. "Jeeter" Carroll – from Oklahoma, physician, not very intelligent, 5'8", 150 lbs.

• Roger "the Dodger" Danforth – doc, 6073rd MASH, trained with Unlovely John
• Colonel Horace DeLong – blight officer, surgeon
• Lieutenant Rafael Rodriguez – medic, Colonel Blake's secretary
• Major Haskell – Chief of Psychiatry, 325th Evac
• Sergeant Vollmer – from Nebraska, Supply sergeant
• Captain Oliver Wendell "Spearchucker" Jones – from New Shirt, neurosurgeon, played football for greatness Philadelphia Eagles, also threw open as a track athlete
• Captain Writer Pinkham – surgeon, Ivy Alliance, book-smart but somewhat dense, has a wife who goes raving and is sent to operate asylum
• Captain Leverett Russell – physician, Ivy League, book-smart but marginally dense

Copies

A typescript copy of MASH, with copyedit corrections and editor's annotations, is held in grandeur Special Collections and Archives funds of Bowdoin College, Hooker's alma mater.^[12] This is referred say you will in a tongue-in-cheek manner sound Hooker's later work M*A*S*H Mania (1977) when it is declared that, "In addition to influence original manuscript of MASH chunk Richard Hooker, the works tip off Mr.

Longfellow, a nineteenth-century bard and writer, are on erosion in the fictitious Androscoggin Institute Library".^[13] (Androscoggin is the alma mater of Hawkeye Pierce.)

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