From: "Strong, Lee" <StrongL at MTMC.ARMY.MIL>
To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Grit and Punk
Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 14:24:46 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

	Never read the book and have not commented on it during this chat.
I'm telling you what my father said about the television series (and
country) and what I say having seen very few episodes of the series.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ted White [mailto:tedwhite at compusnet.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 2:22 PM
To: WSFA members
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Grit and Punk

"Strong, Lee" wrote:

>         I didn't see the 30th Reunion Show but know what my Dad said.  He
> was on the south side of Hamburger Hill when the Communist Chinese were on
> the north side with a line of GI's in the middle.  Not a lot of fun.  Not
> much time for practical jokes in the operating theater, chasing the
nurses,
> or cross dressing during off hours.  Not much time for off hours.
Doctors,
> especially surgeons, are under a lot of stress in peacetime.  "Controlled
> craziness" under those circumstances is a recipe for disaster.

Are you now disputing the original book (written by an actual MASH doctor)
too?

--Ted White