answersLogoWhite

0

What is a mash unit?

Updated: 9/17/2023
User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

Best Answer

MASH stands for mobile army surgical hospital. Wounded solders are sent to the unit in order to be treated for injuries.

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What is a mash unit?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

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


How many people in a mash unit?

Average MASH unit will have: Nine doctors, 29 nurses and some 159 other soldiers which in all make up a typical MASH unit. MASH 4077-the TV Series, although was very correct in their medical protocal but seriously lacked the number of people it really takes to run a MASH.


What is MASH 4077?

MASH stands for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. "4077" was its unit number.


Mash units and their effect the Korean war?

they saved people . 97% of people that went into a mash unit survived .


what does the word MASH mean in this war?

A MASH unit is a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. It is a fully functional surgical hospital in a combat area. The first units were established in 1945, and MASH 8055, was the first unit (July 1950) during the Korean Conflict.


Was there a real life MASH 4077?

No. It was based on the MASH unit 8055.Answer 1There were seven MASH units in the Korean War: 8054th Evacuation Hospital8055th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (this was the unit the author of MASH was assigned to)8063rd Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (this unit was mentioned frequently on the TV show MASH)8076th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital8209th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital8225th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital8228th Mobile Army Surgical HospitalAnswer 2Actually there was a mash 4077 and the tv show was based on, but after the tv show came out the unit was getting to much static and publicity so they changes the name to the 43rd mash. The motto really was "best care anywhere".Answer 3The author of the book and resulting TV series was assigned to the 8055th MASH on which he based the fictitious 4077th MASH.


Why was Charles sent to the MASH unit in the first place?

He had been playing cribbage with a colonel, and the colonel was in debt to Charles for hundreds of dollars. He sent Charles to the MASH unit, which had immediqate need for another surgeon, and essentially left him there, to get him out of his hair.


Which mash episode do hawkeye and hot lips get together?

coming back from a medical unit


What is the neighboring MASH unit that is often mentioned on the show?

The 8063, or, as it was called in the dialog, "the eighty-sixtythird."


Who created the prototype Mobile Army Surgical Hospital of MASH unit?

Napoleon's Surgeon General Baron Larrey.


Is story Mash a fraud?

MASH, the book, movie and television series, is certainly not a fraud. They are based on real life (fictionalized) events of the first Korean MASH unit (July 1950). The book is written by Robert Hooker, and actual surgeon from MASH 8055. The story lines of the first several years of the CBS television series were taken from memories by actual former army personnel assigned to MASH units.


Was there a 4077 mash in Korea?

No, the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) was a fictional unit depicted in the TV series "MAS*H." The show, set during the Korean War, was loosely based on the experiences of real-life MASH units, but there was no specific 4077th MASH in Korea.