"Hello?" An old, tired voice answered.
"When did it happen!?"
The man on the other end gasped as he recognized the voice. "Major Houlihan? Is that you!?"
"Yes, Klinger, it's me."
"How'd you get our telephone number?"
Margaret hesitated, "...Your son."
Klinger was silent on the other end of the line. How could Margaret have met Si? "What?"
"He was transferred to my unit."
"Your unit? You mean you're working as a nurse in Vietnam?!"
"Yes."
Margaret heard him laugh on the other end, with a sigh of relief she listened to him call for Soon Lee. "Honey! It's Margaret Houlihan! And she's with Si!"
He returned to Margaret with an overjoyed tone, "So you mean he's no longer fighting at the front lines?!"
"That's right, he's working at our M*A*S*H outfit," she said, "Don't worry, you tell Soon Lee that he's perfectly fine."
"That's wonderful! I'm glad to know he'll have you to keep him under control."
"I'm not the only one."
"What? You mean another one of us is over there? Charles? Kelleye?"
"No, no. Think back to a certain little girl Captain Hunnicut used to tell us all about..."
"Oh my word... Erin? Erin Hunnicut is over there too?"
"Yeah, and believe it or not, a number of moths ago our unit got a quick visit from a Captain Luther Rizzo."
"No way!"
Margaret realized how much time she had spent on the long distance call and knew it was time to wrap it up.
"Klinger, I have to go soon, but before I do let me hand off the telephone..."
Klinger waited until he heard his son's voice on the other end of the line.
"Dad? Is that you!?"
With a tear escaping his eye, he smiled and spoke back into the telephone, "It's me..."
"Dad, I don't have much time, but please tell mom I love her, I miss you guys so much. I promise I'll be home soon."
"I will... we love you, please be safe, we expect you to stick to your promise, okay?"
Si was about to say a final goodbye, but the line went dead before he had the chance.