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*** Burns, Pierce, and Trapper/BJ had to share since, as the surgical team, they had to be accesible at once for emergencies. Zale, as the motor sergeant, was also possibly the highest ranking NCO around, and would therefore get his own tent. Margaret, as the highest ranking female officer AND the Head Nurse, would be entitled to her own tent. Klinger might have been able to make a few deals to get his own tent from someone who was higher ranking than himself.
*** Burns, Pierce, and Trapper/BJ had to share since, as the surgical team, they had to be accesible at once for emergencies. Zale, as the motor sergeant, was also possibly the highest ranking NCO around, and would therefore get his own tent. Margaret, as the highest ranking female officer AND the Head Nurse, would be entitled to her own tent. Klinger might have been able to make a few deals to get his own tent from someone who was higher ranking than himself.
** Those are all reasonable explanations for how someone could get his/her own tent and even if those are true, there don't seem to be enough tents in the camp to house all the personnel, especially with so many people having their own tents.
** Those are all reasonable explanations for how someone could get his/her own tent and even if those are true, there don't seem to be enough tents in the camp to house all the personnel, especially with so many people having their own tents.
*** I think that perception is a result of the fact that you never really see the whole camp. An entire army camp of that size would be pretty massive, but they didn't have the budget or the technical skills to show something that big on a TV show. (Especially since their chance of getting cooperation from the actual military was pretty much zero.) Nowadays you'd probably see characters strolling along rows of tents while soldiers drilled in the background or something fairly often.
* Why is it that so many people that are known to the main characters happen to come to this MASH unit at various times? Hawkeye's childhood friend visits, so does a girl he went to college with, though this one makes a little sense as she was a nurse who was drafted, too. Also, a doctor Hawkeye did residency with comes to do a nose job on a soldier. Trapper's old friend also visits, and so does a writer friend. Potter's son-in-law visits and so does Margaret's dad (who was not as dead as he seemed to be in earlier episodes).
* Why is it that so many people that are known to the main characters happen to come to this MASH unit at various times? Hawkeye's childhood friend visits, so does a girl he went to college with, though this one makes a little sense as she was a nurse who was drafted, too. Also, a doctor Hawkeye did residency with comes to do a nose job on a soldier. Trapper's old friend also visits, and so does a writer friend. Potter's son-in-law visits and so does Margaret's dad (who was not as dead as he seemed to be in earlier episodes).
** Margaret's dad could be justified by some sort because he was a soldier of high rank (which specific rank this troper can't recall) so he probably had enough clout to check out her MASH unit.
** Margaret's dad could be justified by some sort because he was a soldier of high rank (which specific rank this troper can't recall) so he probably had enough clout to check out her MASH unit.
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