1951-52: The real MAS*H

1950sWarTV / Film

Mar 25

Written By Wolfgang Wild

The MASH - Mobile Army Surgical Hospital - was created to bring skilled medical staff as close to a front-line as possible. The Korean War was its first major implementation. The M*A*S*H ran from 1972-1983 The final epiasode - “Goodbye, Farewell and Amen’ was watched by 125 million people - the most-watched TV broadcast ever.

1952: Surgeons Richard Warren and Roger Wilcox at the 8063rd MASH. Wilcox was one of the inspirations for Richard Hooker’s novel ‘MASH’ as well as the subsequent film and tv series

1952: A MASH field hospital on the Western Front during the Korean War,

Sep. 1952: Four members of the 8063rd MASH before returning home,

1951: Medics move a wounded soldier from a 568th Medical Ambulance Company ambulance into a tent at the 8225th MASH

1952: Captain Nate Heard, of the 8063rd MASH

1952: A group of soldiers, several in costume for a camp show at the 8063rd MASH

1952: ‘The Kennels,’ a tent at the 8063rd MASH. It is the residence of Rustey, Dustey and Goldey

1952: Performing for the troops at the 8063rd MASH

1952: ‘Murphy’, an uninjured US soldier, lies on the stretcher platform of an evacuation helicopter at the 8063rd MASH

1952: Captain Mary Herndon and helicopter pilot Hubert Hugh D Gaddis of the 8063rd MASH

1952: Troops and Sherman tanks near the entrance to the 8063rd MASH

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