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Captain, who's surgical officer today?

Webbe. Pre-op.

How we doing, soldier?

Not... too bad, major.

Penetrating chest wound.

Much pain here when you breathe?

Yes, sir.

Get this man to surgery as soon as the table's open.

Got a special case for you, jed.

The line forms to the right on special cases.

This one was hit only 20 minutes ago.

Oh?

Man: Hey, bill?

What exactly are your duties, sergeant?

Keep the circus moving, ma'am.

Anything else?

Like most soldiers, I try to stay alive, lieutenant.

Sure glad to see you, lieutenant.

Thanks a lot.

Hiya, soldier?

A girl...

Cigarette?

Yeah.

Alright, soldier.

Come on!

Go on, go!

Get down.

Alright! Down! Hit the dirt! Down!

Oh!

What are you trying to do, win the war single-handed?

Those men, they could have been killed.

Unhappily, lieutenant, we always have plenty of casualties

but never enough nurses.

But a nurse's duty--

there's the all clear.

But a nurse's duty to a hospital is to see--

the duty of this hospital is to save what casualties we have,

not to make new ones.

You just get in?

Yes, sir.

Ruth Mcgara, replacement from Tokyo,

reporting for duty, sir.

Glad to have you aboard.

Those are your quarters over there.

Latrine's to the right.

The showers are to the left.

The front's up to the north a little way,

but I wouldn't rush right up there.

The general's got things pretty well in hand.

Yes, sir.

Please stop doing that, will you?

Did you get the class 6?

No, sir. No written orders, no scotch.

You're losing your touch.

I did bring the 3 nurses, though.

Our army's secret weapon.

You sound like I'd better find you a bottle.

Man: Major? Phone. Division surgeon.

It doesn't have to be full, you know.

Man over telephone: We'll be operational at new area...

Dog sugar 6-7-4-2...

2-7-4-0.

1200 tomorrow.

Better get your show on the road.

How soon? I say how soon?

Right away.

Move at night?

That's up to you.

I said, that's up to you.

You know the capabilities of your own unit.

Yes, sir.

Better get your rubes out.

Which way do we go? Up or back?

Up.

Let's see, we're here... Up to here.

Got it.

200 yards off the highway by dirt road.

For evacuation of patients, there's a railroad spur

about one mile to the west... Right here.

Move out at dawn as usual.

No. Now.

By the time I get this show on wheels, it'll be dark.

What's that to do? Interfere with your sack time?

No, sir.

Colonel Whalters won't want us to move out at night.

Well, when he gets back, he can change my orders.

Call the base depot. Get colonel Whalters on the phone.

I'll go up by copter and take a look at the new position.

You're in charge until either I or Whalters get back.

Evacuate all transportable patients. Here's the dope.

Right.

Any luck?

No, sir, not yet.

Major...

Nothing, sir.

What's the matter? Can't you get these tents up at night?

Oh, yes, sir. We can get them up, if you can get them there.

I can't locate colonel Whalters, sir.

Well... keep trying.

Yes, sir.

If I place the receiving tent down there,

east to west,

how does that affect your landing strip?

Seems okay.

Alright, let's go home.

Man over radio: Mash 66 to windmill 13951, over.

Mash 66.

Windmill 13951 to mash 66, go ahead, over.

Pick up casualty. Take him to base hospital.

Position of casualty-- hill 212. Repeat, 212.

Area marked by smoke bomb.

Caution: Enemy rifle fire. Over.

Bring him over here!

There's a couple more up there, major.

One's our medic.

What?

There's a couple more up there, major. One's our medic.

Radio said there was only one casualty.

That was 10 minutes ago.

A medic's not supposed to get hit.

That boy's hurt pretty bad, rusty. Put him in the other pod.

This man goes in the cockpit.

We'll try to keep them down. So long. Thank you.

Herb, keep them covered until they get out.

How's the shower?

Cold, honey. Cold as a brass monkey.

Man: Center Poles down!

Alright, pull out!

Center Poles down!

Man: Center Poles down!

Side Poles!

Men: Side Poles!

Down!

Men: Down!

Heave!

Heave!

Okay, take it out of here.

Excuse me. I think the war is over.

Well, the tents are coming down. I just saw them.

Hit that road. Tote that barge. Pack, unpack.

Move, stop!

Move? I just got unpacked!

Tough. We've only been here 4 days ourselves.

Don't we get any notice before we have to move?

Front lines move, we move.

Yeah, but 7 moves in 23 days?

Nurse: You got to keep loose in the army.

It's kind of like a real circus, isn't it?

Hey! Did you hear?

Yeah... The war's over.

Orders say we're moving tonight.

May I, honey?

No, you smell already.

Why at night?

Oh, jed's orders.

Since when did major Webbe become jed to you?

Oh, I'll get a ring out of him yet, honey.

Where? Through your nose?

May I, honey?

Mm-hmm. Toilet water.

Mmm.

Say, this major Webbe...

What kind of a person is he?

Why?

I met him.

Oh?

Oh, brother, whatever I did, it was wrong.

What is it you did, honey?

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

I was tending some sick soldiers and...

Suddenly he attacks me.

In broad daylight?

"Don't do this! Do this! Don't do that!

Do that!"

May I have my comb? Thank you.

What's the matter? Doesn't he like nurses or something?

Oh, he likes them fine,

but only in their place.

It's a good thing to remember, honey.

You, too, honey.

Heard from colonel Whalters yet?

No, sir, not yet.

All the patients evacuated?

They will be by morning.

You all set? Yes, sir.

Okay. Move out. Yes, sir.

Okay, wind them up!

Man: Wind them up!

Second man: Wind them up!

Hit the road!

Second man: Hit the road!

10-minute break.

Lieutenant... Smoking lamps out.

Nurse: Major...

Oh, major...

Oh, major...

Are they going together?

Nah, she's strictly bush-league stuff.

We were worried about you, jed.

I mean, you getting trapped on that hill

and risking your life.

Yeah...

Yeah, I'll tell him when I see him.

Down, everybody, down!

Get down!

Major!

Webbe: Yeah!

Sergeant: Hit the road! Move out!

Are you alright?

Yes, sir, I think so.

Except every time we meet you knock me down.

Well, I didn't want you getting a purple heart so soon.

No, sir. Just black and blue.

About this morning... I didn't mean to get in the way.

Forget it.

Yes, sir.

What's a girl like you doing in Korea, anyway?

Getting in the war like everybody else.

Everybody else?

What do the people back home know about war or us...

Or what it's like over here?

Not much, I guess.

Less--nothing.

Slogging along in the mud and the rain,

surrounded by the enemy.

Frostbites in the wintertime...

Mosquito bites in the summertime...

No sleep, no peace.

No hot meals...

No women... No women...

Wait a minute.

I beg your pardon.

Oh, brother. Now I've heard everything.

Hmm?

Maybe I am a dumb rookie and an eager beaver, okay?

Maybe I don't know enough to keep my head down.

But I do know a pass when I see one.

In Pennsylvania, I'm the best little interceptor of passes you ever saw.

You ever fumble one? No.

Never a fumble? Well, that's too bad.

Oh, boy. I've heard all kinds of lines...

From misunderstood husbands...

To guys who just want to fondle me like a sister.

Oh, but your line...

"They gave me a gun. War is hell."

A little too obvious, huh?

Oh, no, sir. Just sneaky, that's all.

Alright, drop them!

Line them up by me here! Line them up good! Drop it!

Side Poles up!

Men: Side Poles up!

Center Poles up!

Men: Center Poles up!

Okay, move out!

Make sure to hit all those puddles.

Colonel Whalters with you?

Over there!

Morning, colonel.

You've had yourself a busy time.

Uh-huh.

Nobody in this man's army

can get himself in so much trouble as you

in so short a time.

Why, thank you. Comes naturally, you know.

It's not funny. No, sir.

Moving out at night, getting ambushed.

That little episode with the chopper.

You had no business being there in the first place,

and in the second place, you might have gotten shot up.

They say it happens in a war.

Man: Colonel, casualties coming in heavy.

Webbe: Dobbs, get me a cap and gown.

Yes, sir.

Looks like you did the right thing moving last night.

If you were a little more military,

you'd be running one of these outfits yourself.

I don't want to run anything, colonel,

or anybody at any time.

We're gonna have company.

Thank you.

First he'll look around like there's no place to sit.

When he gets here, he'll make like it's a big surprise.

Stay here.

Not me.

Don't go away, please.

Well, good morning.

Morning, major. Morning, major.

Well, this is a pleasant surprise.

Yes. It's a small world.

Well... Me, too.

Oh, just a minute.

Are you handling the Korean refugees?

Just the typhoid and typhus inoculations, yes, sir.

Well, that's very important.

You better not keep them waiting.

No, sir. You coming, Ruth?

Mm-hmm.

Finish your coffee, lieutenant.

Never fumbled, eh?

Huh?

Just too bad.

Well... the tank boys captured some vodka

and some canned fish eggs,

and I thought maybe if it's quiet around here this evening,

we'd have a little celebration.

You know, I'm planning a wonderful relationship between us.

Why me?

Why not you?

I'm not here for that, major.

I'm a pushover for only one thing: Winning the war.

Yes, yes, of course.

But I thought that maybe while we were winning the war--

no, no. You figured me wrong.

I didn't figure you wrong. You want to bet?

All I want to do is be the best nurse I can.

Uh-huh. Want to bet?

That's egg on your face, major.

Gooks been on the move two days, they say.

Well, give them some rice.

Once they get inoculated, keep them moving.

And they're not gooks.

Franklin?

Yeah?

Help me.

This boy is hurt.

How did he get wounded?

How does he look?

Not good.

Got hit by shrapnel.

Old papa-San said his mother and father got killed.

He hasn't got a chance.

He would if major Webbe would take him.

Sergeant...

Get him x-rayed.

Yes, ma'am.

Coffee, Dobbs? No, thanks.

What's holding up our shipment of whole blood?

I don't know, sir. We're running low.

Colonel... there's a little Korean boy with a very bad chest wound.

Major Webbe will take care of it.

I'll call base hospital about the blood.

The x-rays will be ready very soon.

Those Korean refugees are getting to be quite a problem.

When are you getting around to my problem?

The Korean boy.

Uh-huh.

This your idea?

I wasn't against it.

Dobbs, set up for chest surgery.

Okay? Yes, sir.

You, inside.

Me?

Me?

Yes, we'll win the war together.

Ooh.

Ties.

You still here?

Sit down.

Well, sir, you see, that Korean kid--

is he still in surgery?

Yes, sir.

Whalters: Nurse, the x-rays.

This boy never had a chance in the first place.

He has now. Sponge.

Closing him.

Major, I can't get a pulse.

Retractor.

Retractor!

Retractor for what?

Hold this, Dobbs.

Nurse, 100 % oxygen.

Wider.

That's better.

One-two, one-two, one-two, one-two...

Massaging his heart.

Ever done this before?

Nope.

Adrenaline.

Nurse: I'm getting a pulse now.

Good.

Start some blood.

I know I saw it... But I don't believe it.

How's the kid, lieutenant?

Oh, he'll be alright...

But I don't feel so hot.

Man: Chaps with the 26th field ambulance...

Man: How about a short one, sir?

Man: Jolly good idea.

Evening, major. Evening.

Sure you won't come in?

Uh-uh. I'm beat.

What are you thinking?

About you.

Good. That's good.

At least you're not wasting your time.

That was a beautiful job in surgery today.

Well, this is a beautiful job I'm looking at.

To be able to do what you did, it's kind of wonderful.

Is it?

Mm-hmm. Hmm.

The man who made the machine gun got rich.

T.n.t. Made its inventor a million dollars.

But I'll bet you don't know the name of the man who discovered novocain.

Uh... einhorn. 1905. Why?

Nothing.

Major... Hmm?

You have got to stop creeping up on me.

Would you like to hear the story of my life?

Oh, not now.

Well, I worked in a pretzel factory in Pennsylvania,

6 days a week, bending pretzels.

Did you know that Pennsylvania is very famous--

pretzels?

Oh.

What's the matter?

Stay over there, please.

Well, don't you like it?

Yes, that's-- that's the trouble. I do like it.

Well, relax and enjoy it.

No, I can't.

You're not even trying.

Don't be angry, major. It's...

Well, it's just when I go for anybody, it's got to be all the way.

Yes?

"All the way" means one man for all the time.

Getting married and--

oh.

Well, please don't be angry.

I am not angry. I am just a complete nervous wreck.

You see what you did?

No, no, no!

I was connected with medical depot!

They say our shipment of whole blood'll be in sometime tomorrow.

Hello! Hello! Hello!

This is colonel Whalters. When tomorrow?

Oh. Oh, I see.

Right. Thanks.

I'll have rusty fly down, pick it up in the morning.

No hurry. They don't know when it'll be in.

That's alright. I got to check a list of outgoing patients anyway.

Oh!

Aah!

Ugh!

Did you hurt yourself?

I--I-- I don't know.

What happened to the lights?

Generator went out, I guess.

Oh. Did you hurt yourself very bad?

Well, I twisted my ankle. Nothing serious.

Oh.

Sorry I barged in on you.

Oh, that's alright. Any time.

The tent!

The tent!

The t--oh.

The tent!

Tent...

Ruth: The tent! Oh--

excuse me.

Whom are we trying to keep from getting wet?

Oh!

Hey, what are you laughing at?

It's the first time I ever kissed a fish!

Well, here's your second.

Do that again.

What a funny way for it to happen.

What are you doing later?

Waiting for you.

Okay.

Dobrowski, Lanier, Loeberman, McCoy, Tassman, and Zimmer.

Jed: You men will leave here in the morning.

Man: All the way to the states, doc?

Some of you, yes.

Hmm... uh, you better give him a half unit of blood.

It'll have to be plasma, major.

Alright. Why not whole blood?

Because, papa, there isn't any.

We're picking it up tomorrow.

Use mine. Tonight.

You're not exactly the right type.

I'll get volunteers.

Suppose they won't?

When I draft them, they volunteer.

But plasma's just as good as whole blood.

Jed: Since when? Do as he says.

Yes, sir.

Coming to the club?

Still waiting?

I'll meet you there.

Mind if I take the records?

No. Help yourself.

Coming, Dobbs? No, lady.

Okay.

Don't be too disappointed if he doesn't show, honey.

It won't be the first time he stood up a girl.

You ought to know.

Well, what's any of us really know about the major?

He's a man. What else do you have to know?

He might even be married.

So? Experienced drivers are always safer.

I'm only trying to help you.

Then put your claws away.

When a man doesn't talk about his past, his future's not dependable.

Don't listen to her.

Nothing she gives away is worth anything...

Especially advice.

Suppose-- suppose he is--

married? So what?

You're not really serious about him.

He's just somebody to spend a little time with...

Oh, dear.

That bad, huh?

Your pumpkin's here, baby.

Thanks.

Well, where do we go?

We haven't much choice, have we?

Well, let's go there together.

One thing the army does not provide is privacy.

Mm-hmm. Very short-sighted of them.

Jed?

Yeah? What's your family like?

Why?

Well, I just don't know very much about you.

Oh, you know enough about me.

Ruth: I don't even know if you like me.

You know, something tells me you're about to make woman's fatal mistake:

Talking too much.

Oh? Do women always make mistakes with you?

Just to change the subject,

I bought a present.

Don't you like your family?

Huh, it's not bad.

Only cost me half a month's pay.

The least you can say is thanks.

Thanks.

Are there...

What?

Oh, any brothers or sisters?

Have you ever seen the inside of an ambulance at night?

Jed--pitch black at night.

Is there a wife, maybe? Well, is there?

You know, you're about to wreck something beautiful.

Don't you think I ought to know if there is?

No.

Well, I guess that means there is.

I'm about to go back in there and have a drink.

Why don't you want to talk about it?

Because I want a drink. Well, you just had one.

Not like the one I'm going to have.

Why is it so wrong for us to talk about ourselves?

The way I feel about you, talking is no good.

Are you coming?

Now you're angry, and it's my fault.

I wanted this to be so good.

I'm right for you, really I am,

and it will last, for always.

Nothing is for always.

We'll be lucky if we can keep it right and real for even one night.

Are you coming or not?

Has the whole blood come yet?

No, sir.

Ready for transfusion, sir.

Whalters: Nurse.

Yes, sir?

Any word from captain Rustford?

No, sir.

Man: More sponges, nurse.

Yes, sir.

Is this air base Taegu?

Hello, air base Taegu!

Hello!

Rusty's got a headwind all the way back here.

He'll never make it before he runs out of--

well, what do you want me to do?

Radio operator: Hello! Air base Taegu!

This wind keeps up, sir, we're going to lose our key tent.

It's that bad, huh? Yes, sir.

Radio operator: Hello! Hello!

Uh... line up all the trucks.

Make a windbreak north of receiving.

Yes, sir. It'll be dark in an hour.

Radio operator: Air base Taegu, major.

Jed... don't let him take off.

Hello! Hello, Taegu?!

This is major Webbe, mash 66.

Mash 66!

We got one of our copters down there picking up whole blood.

Captain Rustford. Rustford!

Let me talk to him, will you?

What's that?

When?

Took off from the air base 20 minutes ago.

Major!

Get him on the radio. Make him turn back.

You're risking the life of rusty and the plane

for a few bottles of blood.

Yeah? What about their lives?

Alright! Get it through there! Take it around!

Get it through there! Take it around!

Get those bags over here, will you!

Give me a hand here.

Get him on the radio.

And have him do what, pray?

Tell him I'm going down the road in a Jeep.

When I hear his motor, I'll start flashing my lights.

Then I'll start back to camp so he can follow me.

When you hear his motor, light the oil pots so he can land.

Yes, sir. Okay.

Man over radio: Base 66 to windmill 13951.

Base 66 to windmill 13951.

Hear him yet?

Uh-uh.

Man: Let's go!

Spike those corners.

Straight line.

Spike those corners.

Alright. Let's go.

I think--

Maybe that's him!

Light them up!

Man: Hurry it up, boys!

Light them up! Let's light them up!

Hurry it up!

Never thought you'd make it.

The blood's arrived, doctor.

We won't need the donors.

Never mind, now, soldier. Thank you.

You could use a transfusion yourself...

Plasma... scotch.

Thank you.

See our headlights?

You bet I did. Thanks. Thanks a million.

You bet.

More sponges.

We're out.

Out? Yes.

Oh, I see.

Well, then get somebody to wash and sterilize the used ones.

Yes, ma'am.

Are there many more patients waiting?

Quite a few, sir.

Get Webbe in here to help us.

He went off duty over an hour ago, sir.

Get him in here.

Whalters: Well, what is it?

Man: He's been on duty since early this morning.

So's everybody else. Yes, sir.

Just a minute. Where is he?

Man: I believe he--yes?

I'm not sure, sir.

I'll find him myself. Yes, sir.

Will... will you join me in a little drink?

No, thanks.

I don't mind if I do.

You know...

You did a terrible thing, walking out on me last night.

You walked out on me, remember?

Yeah, you shouldn't have done that.

Come on, we're getting out of here.

How about a dance?

Why--why don't you let me get you some coffee?

What, and spoil this magnificent thing that I worked so hard to get?

Colonel Whalters wants you.

I want you, and that's much more important.

You don't understand--

oh, yes, I do.

You're trying to save the world or something.

Okay, just you and me.

We'll save it all by ourselves, all alone, no help from anybody.

Come on. I'm going to sober you up.

Lady... you're in the wrong army.

What you need is a tamoubrine... Ha.

Uh... uh, t-tambourine.

Colonel Whalters needs you at the hospital.

What'd you say?

Colonel Whalters needs you at the hospital.

Now? Right now.

Oh. I can't go to the hospital, not like this.

He'll be ready in a minute, sir.

Wait outside, please.

But...

Yes, sir.

Are you drunk?

Yes, sir.

Confine yourself to quarters.

Yes, sir.

Confine yourself to quarters, friend.

Sorry about last night.

You can do one of two things:

You can put in for transfer right now...

Or?

Or you can stay here and not touch another drop, not one.

If I see you drinking or I hear about it, I'll have you court-martialed.

The works. Every casualty's entitled to the best that we can give them.

That goes for me, for you, for everybody else.

The best, whenever it's necessary--8 hours a day or 24 hours...

Or a whole week without a break, if it's needed.

That's the way it's got to be.

Okay, papa. I'm on the level, jed.

You'll be finished in the army and as a civilian doctor

if there's one more drunken night.

Okay, okay.

But you weredrunk?

Yes, sir, I--I was drunk.

You never did it before. Why last night?

Well, I don't know. Maybe the war's catching up with me...

Its ugliness, stupidity, futility--

it's a job, that's all.

Yeah, but other jobs get done.

Did it ever occur to you, colonel, we never catch up to our job?

If only once--just once--we could get ahead of the game,

beat the number of casualties.

Ahh. It's an unusual generation we're living in.

Three world wars in one lifetime.

Ha. I don't know.

Maybe whiskey's as much a part of our life as war.

Yes? Colonel Whalters?

Yes? I have a request, sir.

Right. I'll take care of it.

What is it?

Colonel Whalters, I have a request, sir.

Well, sit down.

No, thank you. I'd rather stand, sir.

I want to be transferred.

Now, you know you haven't been here long enough

to put in for rotation.

Oh, I don't mean back to the states.

Japan? Oh, no.

I thought maybe you could transfer me to some other mash outfit.

I suppose you have a reason.

Yes, sir. Personal one.

Corporal, don't you need a cup of coffee?

Corporal: No, sir. Uh, yes, sir.

Personal reason. Yes, sir.

Meaning major Webbe.

Yes, sir.

What's he done?

Oh, nothing, sir.

It's me, not him.

Oh?

I'm the one that's causing all the trouble.

Oh?

I--I think I've made him terribly unhappy.

Yes, and I think that I'm the cause of him getting dr--drinking last night.

And you think by transferring out that you'll stop all that?

Yes, sir.

Well, now, assuming that you're right-- which I doubt--

that he drank because of you, which he didn't,

wouldn't your leaving just make him feel worse?

Would you like to help him and yourself and me?

Colonel, I just don't want to lose him.

Maybe you've been using the wrong tactics.

Instead of retreat, maybe you should be advancing.

For you.

Do you know the theory of tactics?

Not exactly.

Good.

Why?

Goodnight.

Get in. Where we going?

Out.

Shall I slip into something formal?

Having a little trouble?

Oh, nothing I can't handle.

Well, now. Want to go in?

And watch somebody else drink? No, thanks.

Yeah.

What do they know about war?

Are they freezing to death? No steam heat?

No chicken a la king? No men?

Ruff! No men.

Lieutenant, you've got to stop creeping up on me.

Relax and enjoy it.

What's all this supposed to be?

War, brother. Ain't it hell?

Wow.

Now, where do we go from here?

Well, I think I need a little bit of advice.

Oh? Shoot.

Uh... well, first I would like to apologize.

Apologize? What for? You haven't done anything yet.

No, I mean about the other night.

I--I didn't mean to ask all those questions.

Oh, oh. You mean asking me if I had a wife.

Mm-hmm. That isn't important now.

Well, in that case, I'll tell you.

Yes, I--I had a wife. She had two heads.

One of the heads and I just couldn't get along.

Ha ha!

Yes, I was married. She walked out on me.

Maybe you just didn't try hard--

no, no. It was one of those war marriages,

and I guess she just got tired of waiting...

And went off with another fellow.

I see.

No, you don't.

Well, now you're just sore at all marriages.

No, just for me.

Well, this'll be the first time

I ever walked back from a Jeep ride.

I didn't ask you to marry me.

With you, it would never work any other way.

You'd never be able to pull out all the stops.

And the way I feel about you?

What am I supposed to do about that?

Well, you'll find somebody else.

Maybe if we were patient, maybe--maybe in a little while it--

no, baby. There's no future in this business.

Lieutenant? Everyone's needed at the hospital.

So long. Lieutenant: Come on, kids.

Come on. We're needed at the hospital.

Major Webbe? Yes?

They need you right away at the hospital, sir.

You, too, ma'am. Okay.

Hurry it up.

Colonel. Colonel.

They're ready, colonel.

Coming in heavy?

Yes, sir.

Alright. Take it easy on that man, now.

Get him in there.

Alright, move them out!

Major.

Uh-huh.

Nurse.

Cap and mask.

Man: Alright. Unload.

Come on! Get out of there.

Second man: Hey, sarge! I got a load of prisoners, here.

Sergeant: Alright. Get your clothes off.

Come on, hup! Clothes off!

Man: Buddy!

Buddy!

Man: Head up here. Take a set.

Second man: Easy. Easy. Nothing to be scared.

Lift him up.

Down.

That last chest plate. Let me have it.

Okay.

Hey. Hey, you!

Wait a minute!

Ruth: Oh!

You lousy...

Ah!

Stay away from him! He's frightened!

Keep them coming.

Soldier!

Don't be frightened.

Nobody's going to hurt you.

Nobody's going to hurt you.

You'll be alright.

Don't be frightened.

Oh, mother of Mary.

Mary...

Mary had a little lamb.

Mary had a little lamb.

Mary had a little lamb.

Please, please don't pull the pin.

I wouldn't know what to do if you pulled the pin.

Stay away from the wall.

Don't be frightened. Nobody's going to hurt you.

You'll be alright. Don't be frightened.

No one's going to-- you'll be alright.

Don't be scared.

Please don't be scared. You'll be alright.

Nobody's going to hurt you.

You alright?

Oh, I'm fine, yes. Would you take that? Please.

You sure you're alright?

I'm just fine.

Line them in.

He's stopped breathing.

Any blood pressure?

No, sir.

Any pulse?

Nothing.

He's dead.

Jed! Jed, please wait.

Yes?

I just wanted to tell you

not to blame yourself for that soldier dying.

Huh. Well... It's not only that boy.

It's all of them, too many of them.

Isn't it funny? I can't stop crying.

Here, you...

You just sit right there and cry.

Take your shoes off.

What do I have to take my shoes off for?

Doctor's orders. I'll be right back.

Yes, doctor.

You got a shot of whiskey?

Huh?

For Ruth. Exhaustion.

Here we are.

Put your feet in there.

Mmm... Feel good?

Thank you.

You know...

Here you are.

Jed.

Medicinal purposes.

Thank you.

Night. Night.

Finish your drink.

Mmm.

You know, that episode of yours with the hand grenade--

just a little above and beyond the call, wasn't it?

Mmm.

Want to know something?

Mm-hmm.

I haven't got a thought in my head.

Congratulations. You are now a veteran.

Back home I used to think I knew what the war was all about.

And now?

Now I'm not so sure.

Everything seems such a waste.

Yeah. Yes, we can only get more of everything except time.

Can't send home for more time.

You got a problem?

Can't open my eyes.

Do I look alright in the morning?

You look fine in the morning.

Do you believe in dreams?

Only about lush women in black silk stockings.

I had a dream about us.

Why dream, baby?

We were in our house, and you were very, very sick, and I made you well.

And I know how.

I cooked, and I baked for you.

That's what made me sick.

And then when you came home from the office--

I never come home. Work all day at the office.

Oh, then I'll come and see you,

and I'll pretend I'm a patient,

and in your private office we'll make love.

I lose more patients that way.

You're a funny guy. Can't you say you love me?

I think it's better to do it than say it.

You don't though, do you?

Why do we have to talk about it?

Why do we always have to find words for it?

Truth is, there's...

The truth should never be told by lovers.

When it is, the affair is over.

I'll say it. I've never loved anyone, not like this.

Shhh. Not this way.

I'm from division surgeon. Take me to colonel Whalters.

Yes, sir.

On the double. Yes, sir.

Alert your outfit. You're moving out.

Right. Grab some coffee, lieutenant.

No, thanks.

Division commander's been ordered to pull back to realign the army front.

I have to get you away from here, or you'll be out in front of our own lines.

What about continuity of medical support?

You'll provide that by moving mash 66 to this point.

Arrangements made to care for the casualties during the move?

Already been done, sir.

How do I evacuate my patients?

Use the hospital train.

Hmm.

Whalters is hit. Get to receiving.

Easy. Take it easy.

How does it look?

You've still got your foot, colonel.

Evacuate the hospital.

Yes, sir.

Hospital train.

They're moving the front lines.

Give me that piece of wood.

Alright, swing him around.

Get us moving, jed.

Yes, sir.

Jed: Statt. Yes, sir.

Wheel out the transportation.

Yes, sir.

Uh, get me a pair of scissors.

Franklin!

Quarter gram of morphine and 300,000 units of penicillin.

We're overloaded.

We've got to ship our casualties by hospital train.

Get captain Dobbs to pick the most critical cases.

Yes, sir.

Uh, captain.

Your new location is marked on the map.

Oh, uh, get that litter out of there.

Put me down!

Put me down.

No use of our both being here, colonel.

Put me down!

Somebody will have to set up the new hospital.

Take him out.

Ah, looks like no hospital train.

Yes, sir.

Where's the hospital train?

How's the foot?

No train?

No, sir.

Major!

Most of them won't make it on the highway.

You want to chance it and wait for the train?

And if the train doesn't come?

Sta major!

Look, jockey a rig onto these tracks here. Use the crossing here.

Over here, major.

I think we might be able to get that truck out of here on these wheels.

Yeah, it might work. You ever try it?

No, sir. I tried something like it

when I was with Barnum and Bailey in Florida.

Alright. Go ahead. Yes, sir.

Hey, give me a hand down here! Come on!

On the double!

Watch it.

Watch it.

Take her over.

Stand back, fellas. Get your pieces.

Name. Edwards.

Name. Summers.

Does it look bad, lieutenant?

Nothing to worry about.

You'll be stateside before you know it, soldier.

Thank you, ma'am.

I'll never forget what you people have done for me.

For all of us. God bless you, ma'am.

Use the Jeep.

That's the last of the patients.

Plasma? Packed all we had.

Food and water? All we can carry.

What outfit's this, major?

Mash 66.

When can you clear this area?

In about 5 or 10 minutes, sir.

There will be a couple of thousand men coming through here right soon.

What about those tents?

No room for them.

Burn them. Yes, sir.

Let's go.

Corporal!

Check the I.V. On that truck.

Yes, sir.

Pour gasoline over all the tents.

Yes, sir.

All ready, sir.

Fire the others. Yes, sir.

Alright, out of there.

Take cover! Take cover!

Move out! Get us moving!

I think she'll be alright. Must have been the concussion.

Come on, that-a-boy. Get it on up there.

Alright, lift this tie up. Get that Jack together.

Get me a hunk of line, will you?

Okay, sarge. Alright!

Okay, run that out of there.

Let her down easy.

Now!

Get that out of there. Get that Jack out.

Alright, get that other side tied off over there.

Okay, sarge.

You'll be alright. Oh, sure.

Alright. Stick that wheel in there.

Well, looks alright. Think it will work?

I don't know, sir.

Well, give it a try.

Okay, wind her up.

Now, look, take it real easy. Start it real easy.

Okay, hold it.

Yeah.

Jack! Jack! Yes, sir.

Get all the nurses off this convoy.

Put them on this truck with colonel Whalters.

All of them. On the double.

Jack: Yes, sir.

Hiya, Danny.

Hello.

Well, jed? All the nurses are going with you, sir.

Good. You'll find our new position marked on the map.

Get your patients there no later than tonight.

Tonight? If I move them too fast, I'll bounce them to death.

And if you move them too slowly...

The weaker ones won't last overnight.

Whatever happens, keep moving.

You've one objective now-- to save your people.

The only way you can do it is by getting to base hospital tonight.

Right.

Good luck.

Catch up with you at the new position.

Hey, one of you guys speak English?

Look, tell him not to be afraid.

Tell him he's going to go to the red cross.

No more wars.

Tell him he's going to get good food and go to school.

Tell him not to be afraid.

All set?

Is this the end for us?

I don't know. How can you outguess a war?

What's the good if I get through and you don't?

We'll get through, all of us.

Major, all ready, sir.

Better hurry. That incoming mail's getting closer.

Right. Well, I guess this is goodbye.

If only we'd had more time.

We're lucky to have had any time.

I know. I just don't want it to end.

I'm sorry.

I just always say the wrong thing.

Well, then say the right thing.

I love you.

That's the right thing.

I'll get back to you. I'll make it because I want to.

Understand? I want to get back to you.

Okay?

Now, let's go.

Okay? Okay?

Alright, move out!

Hi.

Hiya, sarge.

How's things going? Rough.

Jed: What's the trouble, lieutenant?

Sorry, major. You can't get through here.

I'm moving a hospital. I've got a lot of casualties.

Sorry, sir. The commies have put some guerrillas through our left flank.

We've got them cornered about two miles down the road.

You might get through there, though.

You sure that trail's open?

I'm not sure of anything, major.

But it's better than staying here, 'cause in about two minutes,

you and your casualties might be up to your necks in fighting.

This way?

That's the way.

You alright in there?

Hit the deck!

Hit the deck!

Sergeant, tell them to get out of there but quick!

What's your outfit, major?

Mash 66. Let me have that map.

Heading for this area here.

Well, this trail's closed, sir.

More guerrillas?

Right, sir.

How long will it take you to get them out of here?

Well, they're dug in pretty good, sir.

The terrain's on their side.

How long?

Maybe a couple hours,

maybe a couple days.

There's a road down the hill there, sir.

About a mile and a half down there.

I know we still got that road because our supplies are moving on it.

I wouldn't advise staying here, sir.

Thanks.

Well, we can't go back, we can't go ahead, and we can't stay here. So?

First we unload all the patients from the vehicles.

Second?

We'll move our transportation

off this mountain to that road.

Well, we'll try, sir.

We do it. Yes, sir.

And we do it without losing even one vehicle, not one.

No reckless drivers, no cowboys, no hot rodders.

I want every truck, Jeep, and ambulance down on that road in one piece and right now.

We got to get to base tonight.

And the patients?

Carry them down... Orderly, gently.

Cradle them down.

Alright, move out.

Yes, sir.

Alright, soldier. Take it easy.

Alright, next.

Hey, you alright?

Down there.

Okay.

Easy, now.

If I ever hear the infantry gripe about life in the army...

Take a look at that.

They haven't invented a medal yet for those people.

Mash 66 to division surgeon.

Mash 66 to division surgeon.

Come in, please.

Over.

Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Hiya, lieutenant.

Hi, major.