Talk:Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

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Contents 1 Mac-Pap 2 Still a Stub? 3 An essay some may be interested in reading 4 Decommissioned? 5 A History

[edit] Mac-Pap

The Mac-Pap Battalion entry claims that Dr. Norman Bethume invented the MASH. I don't know who's right but I wanted to point out the disrepency. —User:207.200.137.3 15:35, 9 April 2005 (UTC)

Bethume developed the first modern mobile military medical units during the Spanish Civil War. Strictly speaking a “MASH” (Mobil Army Surgical Hospital) was a specific type of U.S. Army medical unit, eventually replaced by a CSH (Combat Support Hospital). Due to the popularity of the series M*A*S*H, many people now informally use “MASH” to refer to any mobile military field hospital. —MJBurrage • talk • 15:17, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Still a Stub?

Is this article a stub? It provides enough links and information in my opinion to have the stub banner at the bottom removed...

If no one replies to this comment I'll remove it 5 July. —User:Flydpnkrtn 00:53, 3 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] An essay some may be interested in reading

I closed a VFD debate, Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/M*A*S*H developments in Korea, over an essay which some people expressed interest in having merged with this article. I have left the essay in the history, and can be found at this link. —Sjakkalle (Check!) 12:11, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Decommissioned?

This article states that the last MASH unit was decommissioned in 1997. However AP reported today that the US Army sent a MASH unit to Pakistan [1]. —User:69.157.125.216 16:58, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

The link provided to the 212 website insinuates the MASH is still operating. Why does the article then say that the last unit was decommissioned?Michael Dorosh 19:55, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

NPR Story indicating decommissioning: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5219020 Darthnice 20:26, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A History

http://www.nmanet.org/JMNA_Journal_Articles/May-JNMA/Hist648.pdf

Among other things it mentions MUST and MAST being in Viet Nam. —User:Gbleem 01:46, 14 November 2005 (UTC)