The 60th Indian Field Ambulance and Surgical Unit attached to the Commonwealth Division was a good example of this non-combatant policy and they served with distinction, gaining a reputation second to none in treating friend and foe alike. Medical support units from India, Denmark, Italy, Norway and Sweden were deployed during the conflict, the common policy being the deployment of medical support but not combat troops by the respective governments. Interestingly, this perception was not perpetuated in the original book by Richard Hooker ,(the pseudonym for Dr Richard Hornberger, MD, general surgeon, US 8055th MASH), who describes a particularly heavy period of casualty influx over a two week period during which a number of soldiers from other nations were operated upon by the surgeons of the 4077th – soldiers from China, Puerto Rico, the Netherlands, Canada and Australia being mentioned 1. During the course of the Korean War, the armed forces of twenty countries were represented in the conflict, ranging from the heavy weights such as the United States, China and the USSR, to smaller countries such as the Philippines, Luxembourg and Belgium.
Judging from the combat casualties seen through the fabled 4077th MASH, only US soldiers and Marines were involved. It may be forgivable to think that the Korean War was an American-only affair, especially when popular television shows such as M*A*S*H have conditioned viewers into thinking that it was perhaps the one and only such facility that operated in Korea. Whereas the Vietnam War has been given more exposure due to a number of Hollywood movies and a generation of anti-war protesters often symbolised by great music, the Korean War to this day remains largely unknown even in the face of key developments from that conflict such as the first jet-to-jet aircraft combat, the use of helicopters in casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) and the introduction of what is perhaps the only legacy of the Korean War in popular culture – the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital or MASH. KEYWORDS: mash, logo, MASH, M*A*S*H, M.A.S.Often dubbed “The Forgotten War”, the Korean War (1950-1953) has never gained the publicity or media attention afforded to the Vietnam War despite involving more combatants from more nationalities (as part of a United Nations operation) and the very real threat of precipitating another global war with the potential for unrestricted use of nuclear weapons. Search eBay auctions for M*A*S*H collectibles, action figures, photos, posters, dvd's, memorabilia.
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Read more in The Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) free online Encyclopedia of Television It was aired on CBS from 1972-1983 and has become one of the most celebrated television series in the history. comedy M*A*S*H was based on the movie of the same name.
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