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• Cormier, Roger (2018-02-28). "17 Things You Might Not Know About M*A*S*H". Mental Floss. ISSN 1543-4702. Archived from the original on 2019-06-08. Retrieved 2019-06-27. {{cite magazine}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help) — fourthords | =Λ= | 17:54, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Addressing these comments can help this article remain featured. Heartfox (talk) 22:52, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• The plot is almost 300 words longer than recommended limit per MOS:TVPLOT.
• What is finest-kind.net?
• possible copyvio with YouTube link
• In Country citation needs expansion
• latter reaction and impact sentences can be combined to form a paragraph
• there is a lack of sources from the time period it aired
• some info in the lead is not present in the body

Henry Blake was based on a real person: Dr. Henry Hull. Dr. Hull survived the war and established a practice in Columbus, MS. I spoke to Larry Gelbart about that and he told me he was unaware that there was a real-life counterpart to Blake. 2603:9001:35F0:8880:71DE:3BF0:FB8E:15ED (talk) 17:26, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]