Promise Hawk makes to Erin?

[Best Man]

In an ep I watched again this morning that was on here in El Paso, Texas Hawk was at an aid station (I think) and later back at the 4077th Hawk offered to leave in his will to BJ's daughter Erin records of all BJ's patients. This is tv indeed! How using any reallife logic could Hawk have possibly left Erin any confidential army medical records of another doctor in Hawk's own will.
PS This is the second ep I think to star Dennis Howard as a surgeon.

[Mikado]

Originally Posted by Best Man

In an ep I watched again this morning that was on here in El Paso, Texas Hawk was at an aid station (I think) and later back at the 4077th Hawk offered to leave in his will to BJ's daughter Erin records of all BJ's patients. This is tv indeed! How using any reallife logic could Hawk have possibly left Erin any confidential army medical records of another doctor in Hawk's own will.
PS This is the second ep I think to star Dennis Howard as a surgeon.

I expect that he meant a hand-copied list......whether or not the Army mail would have censored the letter is another matter.

[Best Man]

Originally Posted by Mikado

I expect that he meant a hand-copied list......whether or not the Army mail would have censored the letter is another matter.

I do not think the army would even have let him leave her a hand copied list (applying reallife logic to this and presuming Hawk meant to get this list to her if Hawk died in Korea). I think they would have censored!

[Best Man]

Besides, if the list was just hand copied it would be less authentic!

[wayman]

I happened to watch this episode on DVD this week and I believe Hawkeye wrote that he was just leaving the names of all of B.J.'s patients, not the medical records.

[TJL]

Originally Posted by wayman

I happened to watch this episode on DVD this week and I believe Hawkeye wrote that he was just leaving the names of all of B.J.'s patients, not the medical records.

You're right. It was just a list of patients.

"To Erin Hunnicutt, I leave you a list of all the young men your Daddy took care of while he was in Korea. Many of them have him to thank for being alive today. I want you to understand why he had to be away from you thse first years of your life. I hope I have the chance to give yu this list in person, but around here, you never know."

[Best Man]

Originally Posted by TJL

You're right. It was just a list of patients.

"To Erin Hunnicutt, I leave you a list of all the young men your Daddy took care of while he was in Korea. Many of them have him to thank for being alive today. I want you to understand why he had to be away from you thse first years of your life. I hope I have the chance to give yu this list in person, but around here, you never know."

Fine TJ, but even just a list of all medical patients of BJ's could be army confidential (using reallife logic for this mostly fictional show, the only totally important MASH eps were the ones with the documentary footage like of the 1952 (?)Olympics). There could wounded generals and everything on the list who were never supposded to have been wounded and so on!

[TJL]

Originally Posted by Best Man

Fine TJ, but even just a list of all medical patients of BJ's could be army confidential (using reallife logic for this mostly fictional show, the only totally important MASH eps were the ones with the documentary footage like of the 1952 (?)Olympics). There could wounded generals and everything on the list who were never supposded to have been wounded and so on!

True, but Hawkeye was never one to follow the rules.

[Already Gone]

That's true. I don't think Hawkeye would let anything stop him from giving this list to Erin.