AFTER 11 HOURS IN O.R., BJ, POTTER, HAWKEYE, AND CHARLES HEAD OVER TO THE OFFICERS CLUB TO HAVE A FEW DRINKS.

"THE WAR IS GETTING WORSE THAN BEFORE", SAID BY.

"HERE COMES RADAR", SAID POTTER.

"CAPTAIN PIERCE!" RADAR YELLED.

"WHATTTTTT!!!!"

"AH SIR YOU GOT A TELEGRAM FROM YOUR FATHER AND YOU ALSO GOT A SPECIAL DELIVERY LETTER FROM I-CORP."

"HAWK, WHAT YOUR DAD SAY.

"HE'S IN THE HOSPITAL AND DOESN'T KNOW IF HE'LL MAKE IT. HE WISHES I COULD BE THERE WITH."

"HAWK, YOU ALRIGHT?"

"YA, I JUST WISH I COULD BE THERE WITH HIM."

"AH HAWKEYE."

"WHAT RADAR?"

"I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND, BUT I OPENED YOUR PACKAGE FROM I-CORP."

"RADAR, IF ITS NOT A DISCHARGE I DON'T WANT TO HERE IT."

"HAWKEYE, YOU GOT YOUR POINTS THEY'RE DISCHARGING YOU!"

"WHAT!"

"AN EVEN BETTER, YOU LEAVE IN 56 HOURS."

"WOOOOOOOOOWEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FREE DRINKS FOR EVERYONE."

THE NEXT MORNING WAS BRUTAL. HAWKEYE WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT LEAVING. HE PACKED HIS CLOTHES TWICE. HE WENT INTO EVERY TENT TO TELL EVERYONE THAT HE WAS LEAVING. HE EVAN WENT INTO THE NURSES SHOWER TO TEL PEOPLE IN THERE. ONE HOUR BEFORE HE WAS SUPPOSE TO LEAVE, THE 4077 WAS GOING TO OVERRUN BY THE CHINESE. SO THEY HAD TO PACK UP AND MOVE OUT. SO NOW HAWKEYE WAS GOING TO MISS HIS FLIGHT AND HE WOULD HAVE TO STAY IN THAT ROTTEN PLACE FOREVER. BUT, BYE, POTTER, MARGARET AN RADAR PITCHED IN TO GET HAWK ANOTHER FLIGHT HOME. WITH IN THE HOUR HAWKS CHOPPER CAME TO PICK HIM UP AND TAKE HIM TO GUAM, THEN TO HAWAII, THEN TO SAN FRANCISCO, THEN TO MAINE.

HAWKEYE GOT ON THE CHOPPER, AT THE CHOPPER PAD EVERYONE WAS THERE TO SEND HIM OFF. THEY WERE ALL CRYING. THOSE WERE TEARS OF JOY. THEY WERE SO HAPPY THAT THEIR BEST SURGEON, AND NOT ONLY THEIR BEST SURGEON, BUT ALSO A WONDERFUL FRIEND , AND ALSO THE LIFE OF THE CAMP, WAS GOING HOME WERE HE BELONGS. AS THE CHOPPER WENT UP THEIR WAS DEAD SILENCE. THAT SILENCE WAS BROKEN WHEN A MESSAGE CAME OVER THE UP.A. SYSTEM. "THIS MESSAGE IS FOR HAWKEYE, THE 4O77 WISHES YOU GOOD AND GODSPEED. GOODBYE CAPTAIN PIERCE!" AS THE CHOPPER TURNED TOWARD GUAM, YOU COULD SEE A FAINT TEAR RUNNING DOWN HAWKEYE FACE.