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The 47th
M.A.S.H.
A field operating room at the 47th M.A.S.H.
The 47th M.A.S.H. operated in Korea
for a long while, during and after the
war. Walter O. Egli, who was the NCOIC
of this section, provided these photos and
the write-up of the unit.
He recalled that the terrain was harsh
and the tents were the locations of numerous
procedures in which wounded GIs and
native civilians were “patched up.”
Eventually, he noted, the unit moved to
another location and into Quonset huts,
where “life improved a little.”
Unfortunately, he noted, he does not have
pictures of the second location.
The 47th eventually was folded into
another unit, but the Quonset huts
remained. By 1953, the unit was located in
Chunchon. As late as 1973, at least, the
huts were being used to house a Republic
of Korea Army radio/comm school.
Operating Room 47th M.A.S.H.
Korea
This is a complete setting of a Mobile
Army Surgical Hospital in Korea. Much
of the equipment we used comprised
items which could easily be left if we had
to move in a hurry.
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An aerial view of the 47th M.A.S.H.
George Ireland, 47th M.A.S.H.
March - April 2006
The Graybeards