September 17, 1972 –
We got to meet the staff of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital for the first time (on TV) when MAS*H, premiered on CBS TV on this date. The series was on TV for 11 years, the Korea War only lasted three years – you figure it out.
Jamie Farr and Alan Alda were the only two main cast members to have actually served in the U.S. Army in South Korea. Both of them did their tours of duty after the 1953 cease fire. Farr was drafted, serving in Japan at Camp Drake before eventually touring and performing throughout South Korea with friend Red Skelton. Alda voluntarily joined the Army Reserve after graduating from Fordham, and completed the minimum six-month tour of duty as a gunnery officer.
The Haus of Dcaligari 