85 Facts About Hawkeye Pierce

Hawkeye Pierce was born and raised in New England, most often mentioning Crabapple Cove, Maine, with a few references to Vermont.

Hawkeye Pierce's father graduated from medical school and settled in Crabapple Cove, Maine in 1911.

Hawkeye Pierce's mother is deceased and he has a sister, and he is close to his father, who—as mentioned in the later episodes—is a doctor.

Hawkeye Pierce served briefly in World War II; in 1950 he was drafted into the US Army Medical Corps and sent to serve at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War.

Hawkeye Pierce has little tolerance for military red tape and customs, feeling they get in the way of his doing his job, and has little respect for most Regular Army personnel.

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Hawkeye Pierce never wears rank insignia on his fatigues, never polishes his combat boots, and only wears his Class A uniform when he believes appearance can achieve greater good – but does not wear any of the decorations to which he is entitled.

Hawkeye Pierce replaced Trapper John, both in his position within the unit and as an ally of Hawkeye Pierce and a foil of Frank Burns, appearing in all but one episode of the rest of the series.

Hawkeye Pierce was educated at Stanford University and was a member of the Tau Phi Epsilon fraternity.

Hawkeye Pierce went through his military training at Fort Sam Houston.

Hawkeye Pierce came to MASH 4077 age 28 one week before Colonel Potter took command September 25,1952.

Hawkeye Pierce is devoted to his wife Peg who writes many letters to him while he is in Korea.

Hawkeye Pierce is a skilled surgeon, willing to take extraordinary measures to save a patient, such as in "Heroes", where he undertakes an experimental procedure he had read about in a medical journal, using a primitive open-chest defibrillator and open-chest heart massage.

Hawkeye Pierce is a surgeon and the original commanding officer of the 4077th MASH unit.

Hawkeye Pierce is beloved for his down-to-earth, laid-back manner by many under his command, especially Hawkeye and Trapper John.

Hawkeye Pierce tells Hawkeye he has "a great practice back home", but a "routine" one, and that by serving in Korea, he is doing more doctoring than he would otherwise do in a lifetime.

Hawkeye Pierce was portrayed by Harry Morgan and replaced the departing character of Henry Blake as commander of the 4077th MASH.

Hawkeye Pierce has claimed to be in two different theaters of War during World War II: In the summer of 1944 on Guam; in December 1944 in the Battle of the Bulge.

Hawkeye Pierce has his eccentricities, including a love of horses from his cavalry days and an ability to use his Regular Army connections to the unit's advantage.

Hawkeye Pierce failed to become a male nurse when he couldn't fold hospital bed sheets, and in his hometown the local funeral director sends him Thank You cards every Christmas.

Potter refers to Burns as a head twerp; Hawkeye Pierce tells how they became enemies when he remarked Burns lost more patients than food poisoning; Trapper John snears Burns couldnt cut salami without bulging it; B J remarks that Burns became a surgeon after washing out of embaling school.

Hawkeye Pierce was in practice for 12 years before going to Korea in 1950.

Hawkeye Pierce is overly suspicious of Koreans, going as far as to claim that South Koreans are communist infiltrators and hustlers, and is openly racist against Native Americans, although Colonel Potter, being part Cherokee, sternly puts a stop to that early on.

Hawkeye Pierce is an ardent supporter of the anti-communist Senator Joseph McCarthy and appears irritated to learn his wife is becoming involved in Republican Party envelope-stuffing campaigns.

Hawkeye Pierce twice applied for and received a Purple Heart for being "wounded" in combat: first, for slipping and falling on the way the shower; and second, for getting an eggshell fragment in his eye.

Hawkeye Pierce "captures" a Korean family and their ox, and almost fires his carbine in Potter's office at the suggestion that he is heading for a Section Eight discharge.

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Hawkeye Pierce accosted a blonde female WAC, a blonde female Red Cross worker, and an army general and his blonde wife in an offoro bath, mistaking the couple for the Penobscots.

Hawkeye Pierce is transferred stateside for psychiatric evaluation, but although the 4077th is delighted to be finally rid of him, Burns has the last laugh.

However, Hawkeye Pierce's reaction indicates that on this occasion, Frank was indeed stating the facts.

Hawkeye Pierce says he'd thought about putting in a scalpel but decided not to, reasoning that a later civilization might consider it a weapon.

Hawkeye Pierce is the Regular Army head nurse of the 4077th and begins allied with Major Frank Burns against the more civilian doctors of the unit.

Hawkeye Pierce served in World War II but it is unknown if she served Stateside or overseas.

Hawkeye Pierce is the head nurse of the 4077th MASH, the highest-ranking female officer in the unit, and fiercely protective of the women under her command.

Hawkeye Pierce is an experienced surgical nurse, so although she thoroughly disapproves of the surgeons' off-duty tomfoolery, she can set her personal feelings aside to appreciate their skills, such as when she came down with appendicitis and asked that Hawkeye, not Burns, perform the surgery if needed.

Hawkeye Pierce confesses to Klinger that she envies him for having a hometown – as an army brat she has moved around so much she could never make any friends.

Hawkeye Pierce once told Frank that half of her salary went to support her mother; half of that money went towards drying her out, the other half for bail money.

Hawkeye Pierce's career has taken a new direction as the head of the "God Is Love in All Forms Christian Church, Incorporated", a cult or sect with the unusual distinction that its entire congregation consists of gay men.

Hawkeye Pierce has a keen but dry sense of humor and enjoys practical jokes as well as the occasional prank to get revenge on his bunkmates for something they did or for his amusement.

Hawkeye Pierce appeared in two episodes of AfterMASH, and starred in the television pilot W*A*L*T*E*R.

Hawkeye Pierce seems to have extra-sensory perception, appearing at his commander's side, with whatever paperwork is required, before being called; and finishing his sentences before the C O is anywhere near the end of them.

Hawkeye Pierce has exceptionally good hearing, able to hear helicopters before anyone else and to tell from the rotor sounds if they are coming in loaded or not.

Hawkeye Pierce carries with him a pocketful of passes for any potential scam that might arise and has a racket of selling tickets for spying through a peephole into the nurses' shower.

Hawkeye Pierce is known for his tremendous appetite for heaping portions of food, is not averse to drinking Henry Blake's brandy and smoking his cigars when the colonel is off-duty, and he occasionally drinks the moonshine liquor that Hawkeye and Trapper make in their still.

Hawkeye Pierce has a virginal awkwardness with women and a fondness for superhero comic books.

Radar is one of the very few people Hawkeye Pierce has ever saluted, showing just how much Pierce respects him.

Hawkeye Pierce is a Catholic priest and serves as a US Army chaplain assigned to the 4077th.

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Hawkeye Pierce was played by George Morgan in the pilot episode of the series, but the producers decided that a quirkier individual was needed for the role.

Hawkeye Pierce is bewildered by the doctors' amoral pranks and womanizing behavior, but is usually forgiving of their jokes and sarcastic remarks, commenting once that "humor, after all, was one of His creations".

Hawkeye Pierce is from Philadelphia and is frequently seen wearing a Loyola sweatshirt.

Hawkeye Pierce has a sibling, Kathy, who is a Catholic nun.

Hawkeye Pierce is an amateur boxer and boxing fan; an old priest and mentor in Jesuit school taught his students that boxing built character and Mulcahy coached boys in the sport at his local CYO chapter before being assigned to the 4077th.

Hawkeye Pierce is repeatedly passed over for promotion but eventually rises to the rank of Captain after Colonel Potter intercedes on his behalf.

Hawkeye Pierce makes it a point to play up his antics to visiting high-ranking officers in an attempt to gain their sympathy and convince them that he is unfit to serve.

Hawkeye Pierce is later promoted to Sergeant and begins to take his duties even more seriously; the writers had decided to "tap into his street skills" to flesh out his character.

Hawkeye Pierce enjoys smoking "genuine" Cuban cigars made by Puerto Ricans in New Jersey.

Hawkeye Pierce refuses to leave Korea until she finds her family, leading to the irony that although the end of the war means Klinger is free to return to the US, he chooses to stay with her in Korea and aid in her search.

Hawkeye Pierce falls in love with him on the spot, and he quickly asks her to marry him.

Hawkeye Pierce is mentioned frequently throughout the sixth and seventh seasons, particularly about problems Margaret and Donald are having.

Freedman led Hawkeye Pierce to stop suppressing the memory of seeing a Korean mother smothering her crying baby to keep it silent, so a North Korean patrol would not find and kill or capture their group.

Hawkeye Pierce convinced a reluctant Hawkeye that the best thing for him now was to return to duty for the last days of the war.

Hawkeye Pierce is a board-certified neurosurgeon in the film, and in the episode in which Hawkeye becomes chief surgeon, Spearchucker's specialty is indicated as he struggles to do other types of surgery and when he asks Hawkeye for help, he says, "Anything outside the skull, I'm dead".

Hawkeye Pierce was one of the original Swampmen with Trapper, Hawkeye, and Frank Burns, and was the sole black surgeon at the 4077th.

Hawkeye Pierce began as a significant supporting member of the cast, often engaged in poker games with Hawkeye and Trapper, but by the end of the season, he was rarely seen outside brief O R scenes.

Hawkeye Pierce was a nurse at the 4077th MASH during the Korean War.

Hawkeye Pierce appeared in 86 episodes of the series, more episodes than some main characters, such as Henry Blake and Trapper John.

Hawkeye Pierce had great pride in her Asian American heritage and frequently took umbrage at racial slurs leveled by Frank Burns.

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Hawkeye Pierce was known for his slow, deep, Louisiana drawl and his slightly disheveled look.

Hawkeye Pierce was not promoted, but made it clear that he was American "with an American wife and American son, Billy Bubba".

Hawkeye Pierce is the camp loan shark, getting Charles on his hook at one point to the extent he had to have money sent from home to clear his debt with the cigar-chewing sergeant.

Hawkeye Pierce had harsh words with Winchester when the latter, acting as motor pool officer, required him to completely disassemble a jeep's engine and lay it out on white sheets, for no good reason that Rizzo could see.

Hawkeye Pierce is responsible for repairing the jukebox in the officers' club after the Marines bust it up.

Hawkeye Pierce makes his first appearance in the Season 2 episode, "For Want of a Boot", and his final appearance in the Season 8 episode, " Good-Bye Radar".

Hawkeye Pierce's nickname is probably a carry-over from the days of telegraphy.

Hawkeye Pierce is portrayed by Dennis Fimple, who plays him with a noticeable Southern US accent.

Hawkeye Pierce was drafted into the South Korean army, subsequently, wounded and sent back to the 4077th for treatment.

The Korean doctor who examines Ho-Jon discovers that Hawkeye Pierce has given him drugs to induce hypertension and tachycardia.

Hawkeye Pierce debuted in the second season and appeared on and off up until the series finale.

Hawkeye Pierce has appeared in more episodes than any recurring character except Nurse Kellye.

Hawkeye Pierce is sometimes tasked with duties with Radar, as seen in the episode "Mulcahy's War".

Hawkeye Pierce's role is comic relief as a person even more stupid than Frank Burns.

Hawkeye Pierce once mentioned to Father Mulcahy that he sets aside three dollars from each salary payment for the local orphanage.

Hawkeye Pierce's name is a play on the name of the classical composer Igor Stravinsky.

Hawkeye Pierce thereafter appears in a handful of episodes as a very minor character, played by Bob Gooden.

Hawkeye Pierce is referred to in one episode, perhaps jokingly, as Fred.

Hawkeye Pierce is usually seen in a non-medical setting, though he does chores within the hospital.

Hawkeye Pierce's name is only mentioned in the episode "Payday", though Hawkeye jokingly introduces him as his "brother-in-law Leroy" at the Officer's Club.

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