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The Forgotten MASH Surgeon: The Story of Alvin Vincent Blount Jr, MD

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In 1968, H. Richard Hornberger, former army surgeon, writing under the pseudonym Richard Hooker, published the novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, based on his experiences as a military surgeon and a captain in the 8055th Mobile Army Surgery Hospital (MASH) during the Korean War.

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