BJ is going out fishing when they pick up some wounded. The second wounded can't be roped up while the helicopter is under fire. The chopper is hit in the oil cooler and smoke billows from the engine. In the next shot the smoke is gone. When landing at the 4077 the chopper is smoking again.
When BJ is being awarded a Bronze Star, it's rather obvious by the lighting that part of the scene was filmed outside, in the daylight, other parts were filmed indoors.
Margaret's skin is alternately suntanned/fair between scenes.
Even in modern helicopters with improved noise insulation, passengers and flight crew cannot speak to one another without the benefit of a headset. In a 1950's era Bell H-13 helicopter it would be impossible for B.J. and the pilot to have a conversation without a headset while the chopper is in operation.
The chopper pilot is referred to as Lieutenant Priore, when in fact the bar on his cap is that of a Warrant Officer.
Margaret says that Ted Williams's return to the US is due to the 311th Fighter Squadron being pulled from the war. Williams flew with VMF-311, a Marine unit; the 311th Fighter Squadron was an Air Force unit known as the 311th Fighter-Bomber Squadron during the war.
When Col, Potter dismissed the formation he first put them at ease then dismissed. The formation should be at attention before being dismissed.
Charles said it was $75,000 and they sold Babe Ruth to the navy.
Babe Ruth died in July 1948 which was two years before the war started.
Babe Ruth died in July 1948 which was two years before the war started.
When B.J. is at MASH 8063 looking for the wounded soldier he was unable to reach from the helicopter and runs outside to stop the departing ambulance, the ambulance driver is played by Dennis Troy, whose character "Phil" is stationed at MASH 4077. This is simply the same actor playing two different roles, a common occurrence on long-running shows.
When BJ opens the departing ambulance at the 8063rd, the patient lying on the litter is wearing a hospital robe but, underneath he is wearing regular work fatigues instead of hospital garb.
When Potter reads the telegram from Hollywood, Schwerin mouths his lines. Schwerin looks straight ahead while doing so and is definitely not reading over Potter's shoulder.
When BJ is talking to a wounded soldier brought in by chopper, the soldier has a bandage on his right shoulder. The red stain on the bandage isn't fresh blood, it's a used bandage, looks sun-bleached.
B.J. giving his Bronze Star to Cpl. Sonneborn is an unintended example of stolen valor. Sonneborn certainly did not earn a Bronze Star by his actions (though he would, of course, receive a Purple Heart for his wounds), and there would nothing on Sonneborn's official record corroborating the Bronze Star. B.J. has no military authority to bestow a medal on another soldier, so Sonneborn has no right to wear it or claim it as his (although he very well might not know that he wasn't officially awarded the medal).
When Hawkeye calls 20th Century Fox studios to talk to Marilyn Monroe, he pretends to be Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox. During his charade, he tells "Miss Panama" on the phone that he loved playing for the fans in Left Field, after which time she supposedly hangs up on him because he had made an error about the position that Ted Williams had played. In fact, Ted Williams was a left fielder, making Hawkeye correct.
During Hawkeye's phone call with "Miss Panama", he gets the location of Roxbury in relation to Boston wrong, which is one of the reasons why she hangs up on him. In "Hawkeye", he mentions that he had a practice in Boston when he was mustered into the Army, so he would have known where Roxbury is.