Chapter Five- C.B.F.P. = Hawkeye
"Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce, Hawkeye.from Last of the Mohicans."
Oh, Hawkeye. You alone, somehow made the whole darn war worthwhile. Yes folks, meets, Hawkeye Pierce, the best surgeon you will ever meet. Born in Crabapple Cove, Maine, this man was my hero. He was there at every turn, and he would say it was because he had nowhere else to go. He had guts. Guts some people only dream of having. He knew and tried as hard as he could to understand the war around him. His pain hardly showed through, because deep down he knew he ahd to be strong for everyone else. He mingled with the nurses and drank with the fellas, and nothing could stop him from getting what he wanted. Not even five star generals.
I can speak for many if I say, his humor saved us all. He and Trapper were a dynamic duo when it came to practical jokes, and he and BJ could have burned the entire unit down in an accidental flip of the switch. His wise cracks and wittiness could win him an Oscar. His skill as a surgeon was not surpassed by any in Korea, and his heart for his patients unfathomable.
Though he may be judged by few, as a promiscuous rule breaker, he was everyone's friend. He was a rock for each of us; he was who you went to for anything and everything you could think of. He had a life back home, just like all of us, but he did all he could to keep his sanity and ours. He was the man behind the 4077th while at the same time the man right in front. He is a man I will always look up to, and someone who taught me more about life than those closest to me back home. You will always have a special place in all our hearts, Hawkeye, and from me and the all of the 4077th, we salute you.
"Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce, Hawkeye.from Last of the Mohicans."
Oh, Hawkeye. You alone, somehow made the whole darn war worthwhile. Yes folks, meets, Hawkeye Pierce, the best surgeon you will ever meet. Born in Crabapple Cove, Maine, this man was my hero. He was there at every turn, and he would say it was because he had nowhere else to go. He had guts. Guts some people only dream of having. He knew and tried as hard as he could to understand the war around him. His pain hardly showed through, because deep down he knew he ahd to be strong for everyone else. He mingled with the nurses and drank with the fellas, and nothing could stop him from getting what he wanted. Not even five star generals.
I can speak for many if I say, his humor saved us all. He and Trapper were a dynamic duo when it came to practical jokes, and he and BJ could have burned the entire unit down in an accidental flip of the switch. His wise cracks and wittiness could win him an Oscar. His skill as a surgeon was not surpassed by any in Korea, and his heart for his patients unfathomable.
Though he may be judged by few, as a promiscuous rule breaker, he was everyone's friend. He was a rock for each of us; he was who you went to for anything and everything you could think of. He had a life back home, just like all of us, but he did all he could to keep his sanity and ours. He was the man behind the 4077th while at the same time the man right in front. He is a man I will always look up to, and someone who taught me more about life than those closest to me back home. You will always have a special place in all our hearts, Hawkeye, and from me and the all of the 4077th, we salute you.
