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Heaven in Hell
You are so lucky Hawk. A full week in Tokyo! Trapper sank back on to his cot and watched with envious eyes as Hawkeye zipped up his suitcase.
If you could fit in to my case you know I'd take you with me.
Trapper just grunted and Hawkeye grinned. A horn sounded and Hawkeye grabbed his case and walked out of the Swamp. He knew full well that Trapper would be at the landing pad to wave him off, and sure enough, just as the jeep was starting move, there was a yell and Trapper threw himself in the back.
Glad you could make it.
I figure I can pretend I'm going for a while.
Less than a minute later Hawkeye's case had been put in the chopper and he was climbing in himself. Trapper had been joined by Henry and Radar and all three waved as the machine took off. As they swerved over the camp he could clearly see Margaret and Frank looking up at the chopper with disapproving looks on their faces.
Hawkeye was still laughing as the camp disappeared from sight.
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Hawkeye had only been gone for three days, and the officers were slowly going mad. Trapper had no-one to plot with and had reportedly been seen talking to Hawkeye's old red bath robe.
Frank had bad mouthed Hawkeye until Margaret had told him he was acting childish and the two had been spending all their time since avoiding each other.
Henry had secluded himself in his office where he was supposedly compiling a list of Hawkeye's activities. According to Radar the latest two were leading all the girls in a geisha house in a strike for pension schemes and trying to pull the plug out in a bath house. Apparently other aspects of the list had him pearl diving in the Emperor's moat, climbing to the top of his hotel at 2:30 in the morning to sing Happy Days Are Here Again and trying to buy an aeroplane from the air force to fly himself home.
Needless to say that most of the camp thought the best was yet to be revealed.
It was on the fourth day, when Father Mulcahy announced they were in for a storm, and Trapper declared he was ignoring the dressing- gown as it had insulted the latest gin batch, that Henry removed himself from his office.
Attention. All personal are to assemble in the compound in five minutes.
Ten minutes later the camp was in a state of controlled chaos that bordered on mayhem. Army Intelligence had received word that a group of Koreans were headed towards the 4077th and there was a strong chance that the hospital would be invaded.
The patients were to be shipped out as soon as possible along with one doctor to help when they arrived at Tokyo. Frank volunteered and no-one argued. Once the patients had left the nurses and enlisted men were to go along with as much of the equipment as possible.
Basic medical equipment and the officers were to stay the night in case any casualties were brought in. Margaret had insisted on staying of course. As soon as possible the next morning, choppers would be sent and the remaining equipment and personal would be flown to Tokyo.
Every thing had been packed by four thirty. It was five o'clock when Hawkeye's chopper landed, and it took off again with the remaining enlisted men a few minutes after. He was welcomed back with loud hellos and a fair bit of back slapping.
As the hospital was the only building still standing they were spending the night there and settled down a few minutes after Hawkeye got back. Trapper was quick to decide the pilot had been bribed to bring him back after the camp had been packed up and sparked a long debate over whether or not Hawkeye had the money to do that.
Later Henry went through the list he had made of Hawkeye's activities and Hawkeye told them what he had really done, proving the general opinion right; the best hadn't gotten out.
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Early the next morning an order went out to all evac stations to re-route all choppers, jeeps and ambulances away from the area of the 4077th. A radio report had been intercepted that confirmed that the camp had been invaded, and all personal present had been captured.
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The personal in Tokyo were kept busy with their casualties and other's that were brought in from the front line as the day wore on. But they were used to hectic situations and there wasn't one of them who didn't manage to spare a thought and a prayer for their friends who had been left behind.
