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	Mobile Army Surgical Hospital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mobile Army Surgical hospital (MASH) refers to a United States Army medical unit serving as a fully functional hospital in a combat area of operations.
		In March, 1991, the 159th MASH of the Louisiana Army National Guard operated in Iraq in support of the 3rd Armored Division during Operation Desert Storm.
		The last MASH unit was decomissioned on February 16, 2006: 212th MASH, based in Miesau Ammo Depot, Germany.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital (444 words)

	Mobile Army Surgical Hospital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The MASH unit was conceived by Michael E. DeBakey and other surgical consultants as the "mobile auxiliary surgical hospital".
		It was an alternative to the system of portable surgical hospitals, field hospitals, and general hospitals used during World War II.
		The 212th MASH was deployed to Pakistan to support the Earthquake Relief operations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mobile_army_surgical_hospital (444 words)

	Mobile Army Surgical Hospital - Simple English Wikipedia
		A Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (or M.A.S.H. or MASH) was a medical center used during wars, to care and fix injured soliders who got hurt in the fighting.
		They were an alternative to field hospitals and real hospitals which were used in World War II.
		During the Korean War, thanks to these kinds of hospitals, soliders had a 97% chance of surviving an injury.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital (158 words)

	Army Times - News - More News.
		The 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, based near Ramstein, Germany, arrived Monday with more than 130 staff, equipment and blood after a series of setbacks, including delays caused by a shortage of aircraft and breakdowns on the winding, narrow roads of the northern Pakistan.
		MASH is the fifth mobile medical unit to set up in the ravaged city, and doctors feared they might have arrived too late to perform major operations — more than two weeks after the Oct. 8 quake that killed some 80,000 people.
		MASH will be able to provide invaluable help to cover all kinds of casualties and take the load off other hospitals,” said Col. Saqib Khan, a surgeon in Pakistan’s Army Medical Corps.
	www.armytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-1198018.php (583 words)

	Korean War Educator: 8076th MASH
		At this time the MASH was functioning as a truly Mobile Hospital and as a truly Surgical Hospital and as a result it was never more than 10 miles and often as close as five miles behind the front, and as the fighting moved forward the MASH was right behind it.
		The MOBILE ARMY SURGICAL HOSPITAL, 8076th ARMY UNIT is cited for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services in Korea in support of combat operations during the period from 25 July 1950 to 11 May 1951.
		This arrangement while caring for but surgical cases worked well; but as the situation changed and the mission of the hospital, in addition to being primarily surgical, became one of an evacuation hospital, minor changes were made which it is believed helped the unit to function more smoothly.
	www.koreanwar-educator.org /topics/docs/8076th_mash.htm (7866 words)

	Combat support hospital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Combat Support Hospital (CSH) is a United States military mobile hospital delivered to the Corps Support Area in standard military-owned Demountable Containers (MILVAN) cargo containers and assembled by the staff into a tent hospital to treat wounded soldiers.
		The size of the hospital is almost infinitely expandable by chaining tents together, but it will typically deploy with between 16 and 256 operational hospital beds.
		The CSH is the successor to the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital or MASH.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Combat_support_hospital (516 words)

	Last Gasp for the Last MASH
		Thus, the actor best known as the wisecracking Army surgeon Hawkeye Pierce was surprised, and a bit wistful, at learning the last real-life MASH unit had been decommissioned by the U.S. Army and handed over to Pakistan.
		*"MASH"** was based on the 1970 Korean War film satire directed by Robert Altman and adapted from a novel of the same name by a doctor who served in Korea.
		The setting of an Army field hospital was an ideal backdrop for a comedy exploring the absurdities of war and the extremes of human nature, he said.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/16/AR2006021602406_pf.html (501 words)

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		The hospital had no operation tables and many ether essential items had to be improvised, however the hospital became first time operation that day with Sgt. Reed (Mess Sgt) as the first patient.
		At this time the MASH was functioning as a truly Mobile Hospital and as a truly Surgical Hospital and as a result it was nevermore than 10 miles and often as close as five miles behind the front, and as the fighting moved forward the MASH was right behind it.
		During the history of the MASH all was not grim all the time but occasional humorous things happened which made life quite liveable and did much to blend the MASH into a well-functioning integrated unit with one of the highest esprit de corps of any outfit in Korea.
	history.amedd.army.mil /booksdocs/korea/KWUunithistories/8076thMASH.htm (4079 words)

	Army Times - News - More News.
		For the Pakistan-born U.S. soldiers working as translators at the 212th Mobile Surgical Army Hospital here, every day presents similar challenges as they help their countrymen recover from the Oct. 8 quake that killed more than 80,000 people and flattened entire communities.
		Since the MASH unit arrived on Oct. 24, American doctors have treated hundreds of patients, amputating gangrenous limbs and operating on broken bones of victims crushed by collapsed buildings or buried under landslides.
		A 27-year-old woman, suffering life-threatening septic arm and leg wounds, was taken away from the field hospital by her husband, brother and cousin who refused to allow her to be treated but gave no clear reason.
	www.armytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-1226409.php (633 words)

	3d Portable Surgical Hospital
		With the Army’s larger mobile hospitals unable to assume their traditional role in support of the front line combat units, the chain of evacuation was interrupted at a critical point.
		Carroll's new hospital was just exactly the small, mobile hospital that the Army required to support the combat operations of small units in the island-hopping amphibious operations of the Central Pacific and in the mountainous jungles of the China-Burma-India Theater (CBI) where the larger mobile hospitals were of little or no use.
		The Army’s recently created auxiliary surgical groups, consisting of 61 small specialized surgical and shock teams of 4-6 personnel that would augment clearing stations and field and evacuation hospitals in combat operations, were just then getting their initial field test in the fighting in North Africa.
	history.amedd.army.mil /booksdocs/wwii/surgicalhosp/PortableSurgicalHospitals.html (3222 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Credits roll on last US army MASH
		MASH units were founded in 1945, but have been replaced with combat support units that get closer to the frontline.
		It was the first US army hospital to be established in Iraq in 2003 and is the most decorated combat hospital in the army.
		The 1970 film was inspired by the novel MASH by former war surgeon Richard Hornberger, under the alias Richard Hooker.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/4720288.stm (439 words)

	USAREUR Public Affairs News Release
		In its continuous quest for excellence, the 212th Military Army Surgical Hospital deployed to Speichersdorf, Germany, to conduct training and External Evaluations (EXEVAL), Oct. 13 as a part of the V Corps unit certification process.
		The MASH unit train as they fight -- Soldiers were fighting off opposing forces one minute and the next they were performing either emergency procedures or assisting with live surgeries.
		To date, “the last MASH standing” has 28 battle streamers and is the most decorated combat hospital in the U.S. Army.
	www.hqusareur.army.mil /htmlinks/Press_Releases/2004/oct2004/28oct2004-01.htm (790 words)

	DefenseLINK News: U.S. Donates Mobile Hospital to Pakistan for Earthquake Relief
		U.S. soldiers with the 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital and Pakistani army personnel from the 67th Medical Battalion form an honor guard carrying the flags of both countries during a ceremony in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, Feb. 16, transferring the hospital to Pakistan.
		The 84-bed hospital, which arrived in Muzaffarabad shortly after the earthquake struck the country on Oct. 8, is valued at $4.6 million, according to the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan.
		Angel Lugo (left), commander of the 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, cases the unit's flag during a ceremony in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, Feb. 16, transferring the hospital to the Pakistani government.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Feb2006/20060216_4221.html (512 words)

	USATODAY.com - Mission to quake-ravaged Kashmir is farewell for MASH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan — The last of the U.S. military's legendary MASH units is completing its final assignment here in the quake-stricken Himalayas — 3,000 miles from the frozen Korean countryside where Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper John mixed martinis, plotted practical jokes and pursued shapely nurses.
		MASH units emerged at the end of World War II, when military planners realized that too many wounded soldiers were dying before they could make it to far-away field hospitals.
		MASH entered American popular culture in 1968, when Richard Hornberger (under the pen name Richard Hooker) wrote a ribald fictionalized account of his Korean War adventures as a surgeon with the 8055th MASH.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-02-15-mash-farewell_x.htm (1078 words)

	USAREUR Public Affairs News Release
		The 212th calls it a “hospital in hospital” exercise, and it gives the MASH’s field medical experts an opportunity to leave their hospital tents stowed away and train inside Europe’s largest military medical center.
		Amanda Dodd, a pharmacy technician assigned to V Corps' 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, prepares intravenous bags for patients at the Landstuhl (Germany) Regional Medical Center during the unit's three-week "hospital in hospital" exercise.
		Twice a week MASH soldiers perform maintenance on their vehicles and equipment, and somewhere in between they make time for weapons qualifications, driver training, physical fitness and a myriad of other troop tasks, the first sergeant added.
	www.hqusareur.army.mil /htmlinks/Press_Releases/2004/Feb2004/9Feb2004-01.htm (744 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Retired Army Nurse Recalls Korean War Service
		Baxter entered the Army Nurse Corps in April 1945 from Asheboro, N.C. She served in hospitals in the United States, Frankfurt and Berlin, Germany, and Tokyo.
		She went to Korea on July 6, 1950, with the 8055th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, as a first lieutenant and was later promoted to captain.
		In 1957, while stationed in Iran, she met her husband, an Army captain, and was married in 1958.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Mar2001/n03302001_200103301.html (677 words)

	newsobserver.com \| MASH in reruns only: Army closes last mobile hospital
		The U.S. military is shutting down its last MASH, the mobile hospital made famous by the long-running TV show about martini-sipping, wisecracking Army doctors.
		The 84-bed, $4.5-million MASH unit includes a surgical suite with two operating tables, two intensive care units, a pharmacy, a laboratory, radiology units and a power generation system, the military said.
		The Army is replacing MASH units with smaller casualty surgical hospitals that sit closer to battlegrounds and the wounded, said LeFever, who commands the U.S. military's Disaster Assistance Center in Pakistan.
	www.newsobserver.com /110/story/396581.html (431 words)

	Article detail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The 84-bed MASH unit arrived in Muzaffarabad on October 24, 2005, and has treated more than 20,000 patients, according to a news release from the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan.
		The 212th MASH was the “last of its kind in the U.S. Army,” the U.S. Embassy said.
		The portable facility consists of a primary health care and emergency medical treatment section, a surgical suite with two operating tables, two intensive care units, one intermediate-care ward and one moderate-care ward, a pharmacy, lab, radiology units, plus power-and-maintenance equipment and storage containers for packing and moving the hospital.
	www.usnato.net /Article.asp?ID=72FA3BC5-BB99-4D77-8810-9F6FB7BB2FF2 (436 words)

	US transfers mobile hospital to Pakistan military
		MASH personnel were scheduled to return to their home base in Miesau, Germany, following transfer Thursday.
		The 212th MASH was the last of its kind in the US Army.
		The entire MASH facility is worth $4.6 million, including $4 million in medical equipment, $200,000 of expendable medical supplies, $281,000 of power equipment and $126,000 of medical maintenance equipment.
	in.rediff.com /news/2006/feb/17us.htm (185 words)

	Headquarters United States European Command
		The 212th MASH facility here is a tent complex containing an operating room, intensive care area, obstetric and gynecology clinic, orthopedic clinic, surgery-capable dental clinic, pharmacy and radiology department.
		Army Maj. Soo Lee Davis, 212th MASH executive officer, said the unit requested and transported eight pallets worth of medical equipment and supplies, with a value of about $200,000, from a State Department warehouse in Pirmasens, Germany, to be delivered to three clinics near here.
		Choice of equipment was partly to support the clinic visits the hospital staff will conduct during the exercise, she said, and partly to provide long-term help to those clinics.
	www.eucom.mil /english/FullStory.asp?art=700 (1085 words)

	ABC News: U.S. Army MASH Unit Rolls Into Pakistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital could save lives, but its arrival was delayed by a shortage of aircraft, vehicle breakdowns and the winding roads of the lower Himalayas.
		Once the unit is complete, the MASH team which is based in Germany will be able to perform 20 major operations a day.
		In recent years, the Army has largely phased out the once ubiquitous MASH units, replacing them with Combat Army Surgical Hospitals designed to be more flexible and operate closer to the front lines.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1246065&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (363 words)

	ABC News: U.S. Army Gives Away Last MASH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The U.S. Army said goodbye to its last MASH, handing over the green tents, emergency room and surgical tables to Pakistani doctors and nurses who had never seen the hit TV show that made the field hospital famous.
		The military decided to donate the MASH worth $4.6 million to Pakistan because the Army is switching to a new approach, called "combat support hospital." The new system is more flexible, with surgical squads that can go out into the field instead of waiting for patients to be flown in.
		Surrounded by snow-covered peaks, the Army said farewell to the MASH in a brief, simple ceremony with a Pakistani army band in maroon jackets and gold-trimmed hats playing marching tunes not "Suicide is Painless," the TV show's theme song.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1626571 (494 words)

	Ahmad's MASH Tribute Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)*
		It was a fictional account of his years at the 8055 Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Korea.
		This was when America was still embroiled in a lingering war in Vietnam, a war that had polarized the population and with a lot of citizens holding a hate for the military.
		The cast of characters in *MASH were all members of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital**, stationed behind the lines during the Korean War.
	www.geocities.com /bizzydragoon/mash.html (714 words)

	8055th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital - US Army - Korean War Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		And as crazy as this sounds MASH units were about the extent of my knowelege, and I just want to thank all of the men and women who often had to become supermen to do the work that they did.
		The two Army nurses, on the staff of the 8055th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital which is attached to the First Cavalry Division, have served continuously in frontline division sectors since the war began." I have the picture if you need it.
		I was with the 8055 MASH, mostly with the 1st cav and 24th Div's.
	www.koreanwar.org /html/units/8055mash.htm (2333 words)

	Welcome to 145th Surgical Hospital (Mobile Army)
		Better known as the 145th MASH, the unit was born on the north coast at Camp Perry, Ohio on a wintery December day in 1988.
		Although its life was short the 145th was a proud, professional organization in the Ohio Army National Guard.
		Elements of the Hospital were activated to support Task Force Southwest in resolving the Lucasville Prison riot in 1993.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageFullText/0,13476,703954,00.html (62 words)

	US Army Mobile Surgical Hospital Arrives in Pakistan
		A 5-ton truck from 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital rolls into a cargo aircraft to be transported to Pakistan for earthquake disaster relief; Truck's trailer is fitted with a mobile, self-contained, two-table operating room
		Officials Sunday said the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, or MASH unit, would be positioned in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir.
		The MASH unit, the last of its kind in the U.S. Army, dates back to World War I and has been used in several conflicts, including Vietnam, the Balkans and the 1991 Gulf war.
	www.voanews.com /english/2005-10-23-voa17.cfm (238 words)

	MASH (1970) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)*
		Fun-loving doctors at a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War face off against a strait-laced surgeon and his lover, the head nurse.
		For generations who grew up watching *MASH** on television from 1972-1983 or caught the Emmy Award-winning show in perennial reruns, it's hard to imagine anyone besides Alan Alda cutting up as slick surgeon "Hawkeye" Pierce, the sorriest excuse for a reluctant soldier that the Korean War ever saw.
		Houlihan's rapid transformation from regular army brat to a lap-sitting, pom-pom shaking cheerleader at the big football game between *MASH** units (and where DID they find that pristine football field and all those uniforms in Korea?) is hard to fathom, as is Frank's quick removal in straitjacket for a single outburst.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=879&PID=10096329&Tab=reviews&CID=18 (1267 words)

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