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What were the names of the doctors at the 8063 m.a.s.h in real life?
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The doctors at the 4077th MASH unit, which inspired the book and TV show, were based on real individuals who served during the Korean War. Some of the real-life doctors who inspired the characters include Dr. Richard Hornberger (who wrote the book under the pseudonym Richard Hooker) and Dr. H. Richard "Painless Pole" Hornberger, upon whom "Hawkeye" was loosely based.
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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."
How did MASH units get their names What does the number stand for For example the 4077 or 8063 mash Is that how many units there were is it a coordinate or does it stand for something else entirely?
No. There were not nearly that many MASH units. It's just how they were numbered. For example, if you see a reference to the 82nd Airborne Division, it does not mean that there are eighty-one others.
What shows feature doctors from the Korean war?
MASH....
What book is mash based on?
"MAS*H" is based on the novel "MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors" by Richard Hooker. The book was published in 1968 and inspired the popular film and television series.
Name of doctors tent in mash 4077?
The name of the tent is The Swamp
How many doctors made up a mash army unit?
4 (four) doctors. i count 5 that includes col potter
Was mash based on a true story?
The book MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker, produced a movie, television series and several TV spin offs. It is based loosely on experiences of doctors and nurses in the first Korean based MASH unit 8055 which later became the 43rd Surgical Hospital.
Who is the redheaded nurse on MASH?
She has many names because they just swap the names of the nurses around
Whom created mash?
M*A*S*H, the TV series, was developed by Larry Gelbart which was adapted from the 1970 movie MASH, which was based on a 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker.
When was the first telecast of the hit tv series mash?
September 17th, 1972It was based on a feature film called MASH in 1970. The film itself was based on a novel by Richard Hooker, MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors in 1968.
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 TV show a sitcom about doctors in the Korean War aired its final episode on this day in 1983?
Mash
