Mash 4077th was one of the most demanding places that one could be assigned to . Other than the front lines they were where you went when you were injured. The skills of the doctor was all you had for a chance at life. Many men came into the hospital and left in much better condition than they could have ever hoped for. But, many left never to be the same and have life long injuries and disabilities. Then there were those that would not make it at all. Time and time again the women of the MASH 4977th would face that reality.

Trapper John had been at the 4077th for over five years and it was time for him to move on. He wanted to go back to his home. He missed his family and friends. When the order finally came in telling him that he was now being sent home he couldn't have been happier. It was true that he was going to miss the people that he had met, but he had spent his time there.

Hawkeye couldn't help but feel that he was going to miss his friend. They had been together working and sharing the same sleeping quarters for a long time now. But he knew that Trapper wanted to go home as much as he did. When Trapper showed him the orders sending him home he congratulated him. Seeing the orders on paper Hawkeye was hit hard.

As Hawkeye looked around the compound at the crazy things that were going on and such horrors. No one should ever have to see the sights that he had seen . Now he was going to be alone in the tent with Major Burns. Burns was a nobody that drove Hawkeye crazy. He was a crybaby who wanted everything to go his way and had a low regard for his patients. Although, as a doctor he was barely acceptable Burns always thought that he was a superior doctor.

One of the few things that had made life livable for Hawkeye had been the fun that he and Trapper had with Frank. They had played so many pranks on the man that Frank nearly walked backwards when they were around. He had watched Frank as he had approached his cot with caution. Frank never knew what Hawkeye and Trapper had been up to and he might find his bed short sheeted. He might find anything and he had to be prepared.

Gone were those days with the leaving of Trapper and now the unit was going to be short a doctor. The workload was already unreasonable and there were days that Hawkeye didn't see the sun now. With the unit being short of doctors once again he could be facing twenty hours of surgery at a time, should there be a large battle somewhere out in the country of Korea.

Hawkeye had planned on throwing his friend a good-bye party but while he was once again in the surgical unit for over fourteen hours his friend left for his home and the states. Hawkeye was sad that he never got to say good-bye to his friend, but he knew that they had already said all that they could have said. If Hawkeye ever managed to leave Korea he would call him one day.

Hawkeye watched as Major Burns and Major Houlihan made their way to her private tent. They were something else and thought that they were both superior to any other member of the unit. He watched and listened as Major Houlihan giggled and Frank made a clumsy move towards her. He was kissing her neck and saying something to her. Once again she giggled. He turned to his own tent (the swamp) as he heard the door slam to the tent where the two majors had just gone.

Hawkeye couldn't sleep and started to write his father a letter. He tried to write his dad in Maine every week, and found that on this day he needed to write him more than usual. He was in the middle of writing the letter when one of the men that he knew from the nearby village came knocking on the door.

As Hawkeye opened the door to the man he saw that the man was very stressed out. "Come in." he told Na his friend.

"Mr. Hawkeye it is my brother. He has fallen from a great height and is not awake. There is blood too. Please come and help him." he begged.

The MASH unit had the only doctors for miles around and the local people always knew that if they could the doctors at the unit would help the people in the village. He grabbed his medical bag and once again headed to the jeep compound to get a ride to the town.

He could use an assistant and to his pleasure he found one. Because the man that had fallen might need an operation or transportation back to the MASH unit Hawkeye went to the tent to pick up some extra supplies. He might need to give the man a blood transfusion, so he needed to bring him some blood testing equipment.

Hawkeye was over at the medicine cabinet taking out things that he might need when Nancy one of the nurses came over. She was a pretty young girl about twenty-five years old. She was very good at her job also.

Nancy looked over at Hawkeye Pierce and saw him with a man that she recognized from the village. When the man told her what had happened she listened carefully and then told Hawkeye. "Could you use an assistant?"

Hawkeye smiled at her and said "I was hoping you would ask." With that Hawkeye handed her a whole stack of supplies. As they went to the jeep carrying the items Radar came around the corner. He asked "Where are you headed Hawkeye?"

Hawkeye knew the young man had one of the kindest hearts he had ever met and said "Please tell Henry that we are on our way, that is Nancy and I, to help a man that has fallen from a long distance. I will keep you informed of what I find. " With that Nancy Hawkeye and Na headed out to the village.