One thing that 'M*A*S*H' got wrong about the Korean War
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Aside from the fact that it did not take place in Southern California, the popular television series M*A*S*H rarely showed just how bad the weather was in Korea. Filming in the California sunshine made it difficult to demonstrate how hard it was to trudge upOne thing that 'M*A*S*H' got wrong about the Korean War
Aside from the fact that it did not take place in Southern California, the popular television series M*A*S*H rarely showed just how bad the weather was in Korea. Filming in the California sunshine made it difficult to demonstrate how hard it was to trudge up a snow-covered hillside carrying a 35-pound pack and a 10-pound M-1 rifle. My husband remembered the freezing weather for years. A young 1st lieutenant, he led his men in combat during the Korean War. And like so many men of his generation who fought America’s wars, he rarely discussed most aspects of combat. He did however, regularly relate the tale of waking up on one of those icy cold hillsides in Korea. His hair and eyelashes had frost on them and the frigid air made breathing painful. As he tried to force himself out of his sleeping bag he swore to whatever gods existed that should he ever get out of Korea he would never, ever, return to a place where it snowed. I never wanted to live in the desert. It was one of those compromises made in a marriage based on who had the strongest claim. There was nothing in my background that could come close to a freezing morning in Korea, so we moved to the desert, which I did come to love. He died there in 2012. And never once, in all of the years since, did it cross my mind to be glad that he was dead. Until Donald Trump decided that the North Korean coast would be a good place to build a condominium. Read more