# Hawkeye Pierce or Sam Malone?

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**Created:** [April 3, 2026, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawkeye-pierce-or-sam-malone/1029000 "2026-04-03T11:14:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawkeye-pierce-or-sam-malone/1029000/21 "2026-04-05T00:30:28Z")

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Hawkeye is iconic in a way that Sam isn’t.

Hawkeye is way more quotable.

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> Hawkeye: War isn’t Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.
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> Father Mulcahy: How do you figure, Hawkeye?
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> Hawkeye: Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?
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> Father Mulcahy: Sinners, I believe.
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> Hawkeye: Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them - little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.

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