I served in Korea myself, on essentially "trip wire" duty some 14 years after the official "armistice' suspending the Korean War. That was sufficiently close to the episodes depicted in the "MASH" series for me to appreciate how closely those bizarre episodes were to the reality of life near the Demilitarized Zone in Korea, even in 1967.
I served in Korea myself, on essentially "trip wire" duty some 14 years after the official "armistice' suspending the Korean War. That was sufficiently close to the episodes depicted in the "MASH" series for me to appreciate how closely those bizarre episodes were to the reality of life near the Demilitarized Zone in Korea, even in 1967.
But unlike the "Hawkeye" character portrayed by Alan Alda, I appreciated the distinction between South Korea -- as supported (however imperfectly) by the United States and allies under the auspices of the United Nations -- and the puppet Communist state of North Korea.
That distinction should be even more apparent today with the emergence of South Korea as a prosperous, democratic country that contrasts so sharply (except to extreme leftists) to the Marxist totalitarian hell of North Korea.
Sorry, but not sorry, to "admit" to my bias, but I am highly gratified to have contributed a year of my life to helping the citizens of South Korea to realize the prosperity and freedom that they and all civilized people deserve.
I served in Korea myself, on essentially "trip wire" duty some 14 years after the official "armistice' suspending the Korean War. That was sufficiently close to the episodes depicted in the "MASH" series for me to appreciate how closely those bizarre episodes were to the reality of life near the Demilitarized Zone in Korea, even in 1967.
But unlike the "Hawkeye" character portrayed by Alan Alda, I appreciated the distinction between South Korea -- as supported (however imperfectly) by the United States and allies under the auspices of the United Nations -- and the puppet Communist state of North Korea.
That distinction should be even more apparent today with the emergence of South Korea as a prosperous, democratic country that contrasts so sharply (except to extreme leftists) to the Marxist totalitarian hell of North Korea.
Sorry, but not sorry, to "admit" to my bias, but I am highly gratified to have contributed a year of my life to helping the citizens of South Korea to realize the prosperity and freedom that they and all civilized people deserve.