The Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, or MASH, concept was first deployed by the U.S.
Richard Hornberger, who wrote under the pen name of Richard Hooker. The hit television show was loosely based on the 1970 Robert Altman film of the same name and even more loosely on a 1968 novel, “M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors,” by former U.S. Copies of some of Howard Morgan's photographs and letters are in the collection of the Kansas Historical Society's State Archives.The people in MASH units worked long hours and endured horrific stresses of warfare. The pajama set is in the collections of the Kansas Museum of History. We love you so much, honey." Morgan carried this photo throughout much of his tour of duty. Every letter we receive from you we sit down on the divan and I read it to the children. Loretha wrote on the back of the photo, "We are reading a letter from you. In a photo sent to Morgan during the war, Loretha sits on her sofa with son, Mike, and daughter, Patty. Morgan's wife and two children eagerly anticipated his letters. On the back he penciled, "Writing a letter to my loved ones." He is seated at bottom left with pen and paper in hand. In the photo to the lower right, Morgan relaxes with several of his buddies. He later wrote descriptions of the subjects on the back of each picture. When he first left Kansas for Korea, Morgan had taken along a camera with which to photograph his fellow soldiers and the landscape. They must have taken great joy in a gift from their beloved husband and son serving his country so far from home. While Morgan's family doesn't remember either Anna or Loretha wearing their pajamas much, the two women did pose for a photo in Anna's front room (pictured at left). Morgan sent the set pictured here to his mother, Anna, and the other to his wife. Each set contained a pajama top, pants, robe, and slippers with floral embroidery and fur trim in a matching box. Later, while recovering from his illness, Morgan purchased two sets of embroidered pajamas. I was very much afraid that Fee & you guys would figure that I had been shot all to pieces when you saw the hospital address." Won't be near the hell that I have been thru in the past five months. You know I've always been afraid of doctors and knives. That is the day they stick me with the knife. He also expressed his concerns for his wife, Loretha (whom he calls by her nickname "Fee"), and family at home: In the same letter, Morgan described the medical treatment he would soon receive. I was so thirsty I just couldn't wait 30 minutes." In a letter from the hospital to his parents in Topeka, Morgan wrote, "Say, Mom, I don't think the candy & nuts hurt me any. When he finally did drink water, he became ill and was moved to a hospital in Kyoto, Japan. At one point Morgan was forced to go without liquid for several days. Like many soldiers serving over seas, Master Sergeant Howard Morgan, Jr., kept in touch with his loved ones back home by sending letters, photos, and presents.Ī veteran of World War II, Morgan reenlisted in the army during the Korean War (1950-1953) and again found himself on the front lines. During his recovery, he mailed these pajamas home to his mother in Kansas. While serving on the front lines in Korea, a soldier fell ill and was sent to a hospital in Japan.
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