Name: Sometimes You Hear the Bullet
Released: 1973-01-28

While enjoying an evening with Margaret, Frank injures his back and finds himself in traction. Seizing the moment, he applies for the Purple Heart, claiming to have been 'technically' injured at a frontline unit. Meanwhile, Tommy Gillis, an old friend of Hawkeye, visits to discuss his book on the war. Sadly, Tommy later arrives at the camp with severe injuries, and despite Hawkeye’s efforts, he can't save him. Additionally, a 15-year-old boy in the hospital for an appendectomy dreams of heroism but is sent home, receiving Frank's Purple Heart as a parting gift.

Show M*A*S*H

Episode S01E17

Air Date Jan 28, 1973

Season 1 Episodes

S01E01 Pilot S01E01 Pilot S01E02 Such A Bargain S01E02 To Market, to Market S01E03 The Liberty Bell Show S01E03 Requiem for a Lightweight S01E04 A Midsummer's Nightmare S01E04 Chief Surgeon Who? S01E05 The Moose S01E05 Uptown Girl S01E06 Yankee Doodle Doctor S01E06 The Comic Con S01E07 Bananas, Crackers and Nuts S01E07 The Sleepover Show S01E08 Cowboy S01E08 Witchcraft S01E09 Henry Please Come Home S01E09 Bait and Switch S01E10 I Hate a Mystery S01E10 Outbreak! S01E11 Germ Warfare S01E11 A Roman Holiday S01E12 Once Around the Block S01E12 Dear Dad S01E13 Remember S01E13 Edwina S01E14 Big Brotherly Love S01E14 Love Story S01E15 Bride and Prejudice S01E15 Tuttle S01E16 Double Date S01E16 The Ringbanger S01E17 Sometimes You Hear the Bullet S01E18 Dear Dad...Again S01E19 The Longjohn Flap S01E20 The Army-Navy Game S01E21 Sticky Wicket S01E22 Major Fred C. Dobbs S01E23 Ceasefire S01E24 Showtime

Sometimes You Hear the Bullet (S01E17)

Season 1 Episodes