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Alan Alda in M*A*S*H (1972)

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Chief Surgeon Who?

M*A*S*H

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Factual errors

At the end of the episode Frank asks Hawkeye for help. Hawkeye proceeds to assist Frank without changing his bloody gloves.
When Hawkeye is being introduced as Chief Surgeon, the flags in the background are 50 star flags. During the Korean War, they should have only 48 stars.
Hawkeye declares that Lorenzo Schwartz is the inventor of vermouth, but In 1786, the creators of the modern Vermouth as known today emerged as Antonio and Beneditto Carpano in Milan, Italy. Although later on, the brothers Luigi and Guiseppe Cora (1838) were successful in giving it an industrial push which would lead it to be such a well-known spirit.
Sorrell Booke plays an Army General in Class A dress uniform and says he is a Doctor but there is no Medical insignia on his uniform.
When Margaret is reading Frank's letter to a general, her fingernails can be seen to be an inch long. No nurse, especially a head nurse, would have fingernails that long.

Revealing mistakes

On his desk Henry has color photos of his children , the photos are the "very same" ones used by Trapper John (Elliot Gould) in the 1970 MASH movie, for his children. *Color film was very expensive in the 1950s, most people used B & W. *
When Col. Blake shows General Barker the freshly dug worms, it's obvious the one he's holding is a plastic worm.

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If Hawkeye was indeed more qualified as a surgeon than Frank, he would in all likelihood be of equal or greater rank. -Military physicians, especially in time of war, are awarded rank by time in service and/or years of experience, not skills.
When assisting Frank with the resection, Hawkeye is wearing disposable rubber gloves not available at the time. Frank is appropriately wearing the reusable gloves of the era.

Character error

Raider goes from tent to tent warning of incoming choppers.

This makes no sense since the camp has a public address system.

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