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Alan Alda

Capt. Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce

Mike Farrell

Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt

Harry Morgan

Col. Sherman T. Potter

Loretta Swit

Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan

David Ogden Stiers

Maj. Charles Winchester

Gary Burghoff

Cpl. Walter 'Radar' O'Reilly

Jamie Farr

Cpl. Maxwell Q. Klinger

William Christopher

Father Francis Mulcahy

Hank Ross

Ferguson

Brad Gorman

Russell

Marc Baxley

The Sergeant

Jan Jorden

Nurse Baker

Edward Gallardo

Medic I

David Hunt Stafford

The Soldier
(as David Stafford)

Paul Tuerpe

Medic II

Sal Viscuso

P.A. Announcer
(voice)
(uncredited)

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Trivia
This episode has the most and longest sequence shots and the fewest scene cuts of the entire series.

Goofs
Colonel Potter visits a soldier in the ward who is writing home. The letter is dated September 12, 1951. When Col Potter was assigned to the 4077th, the announcer stated the date of his arrival as September 19, 1952, a year later.

Quotes
Major Charles Winchester: You broke into my footlocker and you read through my personal diary, didn't you, swine?
Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce: Charles, in all the times I've broken into your footlocker I have never looked at your diary.
Major Charles Winchester: Then who drew all these disgusting pictures in it?
Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce: It's dry reading. You need illustrations.
Major Charles Winchester: I've had it with you, Pierce. It's two-by-fours at dawn.

Crazy credits
There is no music during either the opening or closing credits of this episode.

Connections
Featured in The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979)

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10/10

One of the best of the series

The writing and cinematography make this one of the best shows of the series.

I still can't believe that MASH will be 50 this fall, and the series is still better than anything on network TV today.