Confused about Hawk's hometown?

[Ohio8]

I sure am, and here's why: In the first three seasons, especially "Dear Dad" (the Christmas 1972 episode), it was said that Hawkeye's family lived in Vermont, and in the fourth season's "The Late Captain Pierce" Hawk said that "We have a summer cabin there," meaning Crabapple Cove, Maine.

Later on, Hawkeye said that his family lived in Crabapple Cove for generations. WTF is with that?
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"Better things for better killing through chemistry." -- Capt. Hawkeye Pierce, M.D.

[treky]

I've thought about that, and my theory is that: in "Dear Dad" when he says in a letter to his father "I wish I was home with you in Vermont" and later when he says that his familys lived in Crabapple Cove for generations, in "Dear Dad" he was probably writing to his father at a cabin that the Pierces own in Vermont, and they'll sometimes take a vacation there, since "Dear Dad" was aa Christmas episode. And maybe Hawkeye likes to refer to it as his "second home".

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by Ohio8

I sure am, and here's why: In the first threecseasons, especilayy "Dear Dad" (the Christmas 1972 episode), it was said that Hawkeye's family lived in Vermont, and in the fourth season's "The Late Captain Pierce" Hawk said that "We have a summer cabin there," meanaing in Crabapple Cove, Maine.

Later on, Hawkeye said that his family lived in Crabapple Cove for generations. WTF is with that?
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"Better things for better killing through chemistry." -- Capt. Hawkeye Pierce, M.D.

Apparently, the official word is in the Wikipedia bio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...Hawkeye_Pierce

"Hawkeye Pierce was born and raised in Crabapple Cove, Maine, although in early episodes of the TV series he mentions Vermont. In the episode "The Late Captain Pierce", he tells Klinger that his family has a summer cottage in Crabapple Cove, which suggests that his hometown is elsewhere. He talks about having a sister in the early seasons, though he says in the middle seasons that he is an only child. In a Season 7 episode Hawkeye mentions his sister in passing; the only family he would mention later would be his father. Hawkeye's father is Dr. Daniel Pierce (in the novels, his father is "Big Benjy" Pierce, a lobsterman/fisherman in Crabapple Cove, Maine). Later in the series, he mentions that his mother is deceased. In the movie, Hawkeye mentions his mother is deceased, and that he has children and is married. In the TV series, Hawkeye is a bachelor (though he falsely claims to be married in "Ceasefire" to escape post-war entanglements with three of his wartime lovers) and something of a ladies' man.

In the novel, the movie and the series, Hawkeye attended Androscoggin College. In the novel and the movie, after completing his medical residency in Boston, Hawkeye is drafted into the U.S. Army Medical Corps and sent to serve at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) during the Korean War. Based on an intimate knowledge of Chicago displayed in Episode 3/11 ("Adam's Ribs"), it can be inferred that in the series Hawkeye did his surgical residency in Chicago..."

And so it goes.