- Margaret seeks contributions for a time capsule.
- After reading a news story about a time capsule being put into the base of a new skyscraper in LA, Margaret decides that the 4077th should put together a capsule of their own. Hawkeye at first responds with his usual dry humor, but eventually decides that if they are indeed going to bury things than he might as well "bury the hatchet" with Margaret, so to speak, and assembles an assortment of donations for the capsule.
-Hawkeye himself puts in the teddy bear that formerly belonged to Radar, as a symbol of all the fighters who came to Korea as boys & went home as men. -BJ adds a piece of fishing tackle that formerly belonged to the camp's commanding officer Henry Blake- as a reminder of all those who never made it home. -Charles offers a bottle of fine brandy, promising that it will be a magnificent treat to those who eventually find the time capsule. -Father Mulcahy contributes a pair of well-worn boxing gloves, hoping that they can be used as a much more peaceful resolution to the wars in the future. -Klinger offers his favorite "Scarlett O' Hara" gown, but Margaret steadfastly refuses- until Klinger points out that a gown can also be symbolic: It stands for "the girls (we) left behind." Margaret relents, on the condition that Klinger add a tasteful black dress instead.
Meanwhile, Col. Potter learns that a wounded soldier shot by a sniper was placed on a chopper several hours ago, but the chopper never arrived at the camp. The accused shooter (who was brought in at night by an ambulance) is a Korean woman named Soon-Lee, who is desperate to try & get away to find her missing parents. Soon-Lee denies that she is a sniper, but nobody believes her. When Mulcahy meets her, he realizes that he had seen Soon-lee's parents being driven out of MASH 4077th towards the South. Soon-Lee begs Klinger to let her go, but Klinger cant allow her to leave. The chances of Soon-Lee meeting her parents again decrease every hour.
Several hours later, the chopper (damaged by enemy fire) finally arrives. After the wounded soldier is operated on, Klinger examines the bullet fragment and sees that it couldn't have come from the gun Soon-Lee was carrying. Max offers to use their resources & help Soon-Lee find her parents as a way of apology. Klinger drives her to the refugee center which is their best chance to find her parents. But they are not to be found.
When the others find out what drastic steps the chopper pilot took to ensure the survival of the wounded solder (since the bullet hit the fan belt of the chopper it got hot too quickly and it only flew 200 yards at a time, so the pilot flew 200 yards at a time to bring the soldier to MASH, endangering his own life in the process), they are awestruck. Since nobody actually paid attention to the pilot at the time, Hawkeye adds the broken fan belt from his chopper to their time capsule- in the hope that somebody someday will remember the heroic actions.
In a side story, Rizzo gets dummy grenade from Igor and uses that to scare the living daylights out of BJ (he ran out of the shower naked). Rizzo runs into Winchester at lunch who is very rude to him. So, Rizzo tries the grenade trick on Winchester at the swamp. But Winchester throws himself on the grenade make it look like he would sacrifice his own life to save Rizzo. Rizzo is eternally grateful and leaves. Turns out this was all planned by BJ to scam Rizzo out of the fake grenade.
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