There are chapters floating around on a disk somewhere, maybe some day I'll find them, until then, here are the last few chapters pending I never find the lost chapters. Maybe I'll rewrite a few during break. I'm a college student; those of you know how it is. Blessings to all MASH fans.Enjoy.

Chapter 8 - Loyalty

We all know there are things that happen in life that we will never have answers for. We try our best to figure out the best reply for questions we wish we knew the answer to. I guess that's where the words, faith, hope and trust come from. You just have to have faith that someone up there is under control. And you hope you can help to carry out what is happening for a reason. Three not very easy things to do.

I've grown leaps and bounds since leaving the 4077th. This fact of life we call, trust, was the biggest if not the most important ingredient in the relationships of war. It was everywhere you looked. The soldiers trusting their CO's, nurses trusting doctors, soldiers trusting the doctors to save them. Some how the soldiers had this deep inexplicable trust in one another. Something sadly you don't see day to day back in the world.

War stories you hear are often of bravery and loyalty. Loyalty to each other. Trust is the first step in being loyal. No one can deny there is something about being an American, its almost a built in chip in our mind, that puts some trust and loyalty in our way of life. That no matter what, its going to be okay. There are people taking care of us.

I believe we are all created for everything and nothing to lose. If we have faith, we are meant for something so much more, and if we lose our life, we have run the race. Some soldiers walk onto the battlefield with their family on their mind. They have to protect them.

Some war stories boggle our minds. I think because loyalty is something lacking in our every day world. Trust is fading and faith turned into sets of rules and traditions. Love has stood strong, for it is the greatest gift given to the world.

I think some of you will enjoy this book, because it is like nothing you've heard before, the comradery and love may be something you search for. But its ultimate purpose is to make you see, that in the worst situations, hell some say, there was hope of returning home, friendships strengthening our lives. Money wasn't the answer; greed for more wasn't what kept us above water. It was our love for each other, our desire to serve one another, because we are ALL in this TOGETHER.

It really is that simple.