Chapter 2
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As Hawkeye walked out of colonel Potter's office he saw Radar at his desk. Radar was the best army clerk Hawkeye had ever seen, but admittedly he didn;t have much experience with that. He decided to ask him about this.
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Hawkeye: They're telling me that a soldier, who I apparently saved three months ago, left me money in his will. Why would he do that?
Radar: I'm guessing he was young, maybe 18 or 19.
Hawkeye: Possibly.
Radar: And he was put up for adoption as an infant, only he bounced around and was never formally adopted.
Hawkeye: Please tell me you read his file, because otherwise this is getting eerie.
Radar: I've helped a lot of soldiers fill out the paperwork on their life insurance. Most of them are young. A lot of them have no family, they think the army can provide a home, a sense of belonging. They don't think that anyone back home cares about them, so they name their army buddies as their beneficiary. Heck, I've had three guys who told me "I don't care, just put your name on it."
Hawkeye: Did any of those three, not make it?
Radar: One.
Hawkeye: Did it feel weird, taking the money?
Radar: Yes, but my mother really needed it for the farm.
Hawkeye: I guess that explains it. He didn't have everyone, so he leaves it to the doctor who saved his life. But I don't even rember him.
Radar: You did what you could for him, same as you do for everyone. There just wasn't anything else you could have done.