In pre-op, Hawkeye introduces Burns to
PFC (Private First Class) Kornhaus. Later, in the OR, Kornhaus has one stripe on his uniform, making his rank Private.
CORRECTION: While today "buck" privates are represented by a single stripe, in the 1950s, a Private First Class (or PFC) was represented by a single stripe and buck privates had NO stripes, therefore, Hawkeye is correct in introducing Kornhaus as a PFC as this IS his rank.
CORRECTION: While today "buck" privates are represented by a single stripe, in the 1950s, a Private First Class (or PFC) was represented by a single stripe and buck privates had NO stripes, therefore, Hawkeye is correct in introducing Kornhaus as a PFC as this IS his rank.
Being that the prearranged fight between Klinger and Zale is against regulations, Major Burns says it will be held behind the latrine to avoid attention. However, the fight occurs in the middle of the compound in a makeshift ring, and with an announcer and a bedpan loudly banged on for a bell.
When Billy Tyler runs to the aid of the wounded soldier, he carries his Thompson sub-machine gun by the pistol grip with his finger on the trigger. No basically trained soldier would commit such an egregious violation of weapons discipline.
During a bar-room brawl, someone is thrown through the shoji room dividers. Although these traditional screens are made of paper and wood, there is a sound of breaking glass.
Tyler was in a college football game "just last year," but has already made sergeant.