About this MASH episode:
MASH - "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet" is the 17th episode of season one and it originally aired on January 28, 1973.
This is the first episode in which the medical staff failed to save a wounded soldier, and one of the first episodes of the series showing a member of the hospital staff truly affected by death.
Hawkeye's childhood buddy drops by, and reveals that he is writing a book about his experiences in the infantry - experiences that may hit a little too close to home.