# M\*A\*S\*H hometowns **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 4, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427 "2005-02-04T20:56:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427/41 "2016-05-15T13:29:49Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Riverside, Iowa claims to be Kirk’s birthplace. Would that be James T. Kirk? Maybe James R. Kirk was born in Ottumwa? (I’ve got a million of 'em. ;)) ---
**Author:** ![marking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4da419/32.png) [@marking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marking)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427/42 "2016-05-15T16:19:45Z")
I was born and raised in Bloomington, IL, home of real life McLean Stevenson and fictional Henry Blake. Bonus trivia: Bloomington is in McLean county ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427/43 "2016-05-15T16:43:42Z")
So no one has ever been in Honolulu? (Nurse Kellye) ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427/44 "2016-05-15T19:44:37Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > So no one has ever been in Honolulu? (Nurse Kellye) I have been to Honolulu a couple of times. I live in the Boston area and I have been to Philadelphia. Count me out on the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427/45 "2016-05-15T21:13:25Z")
They frequently mentioned Tokyo. I’ve been there. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427/46 "2016-05-17T16:56:17Z")
Hawkeye: Crabapple Cover, ME - No Trapper John: Boston, MA - Yes Henry Blake: Bloomington, IL - No Frank Burns: Fort Wayne, IN - No Hotlips: Fort Ord, CA - No Radar: Ottumwa, IA - No Sherman Potter: Hannibal, MO - Yes BJ Hunnicutt: Mill Valley, CA - No Charles Winchester: Boston, MA - Yes Klinger: Toledo, OH - Yes Father Mulcahy: Philadelphia, PA - Yes Just five. Oh, well. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427/47 "2016-05-21T13:29:05Z")
The only one I’ve been to is Bloomington, IL. And Burbank, CA. I don’t know if it was ever mentioned as someone’s hometown, but it was on the sign. Igor, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427/48 "2018-02-05T18:30:49Z")
Bumped. Thought some of you might want to get this T-shirt: [http://www.militaryissue.com/Mash-Chopper-T-Shirt/productinfo/700477/](http://www.militaryissue.com/Mash-Chopper-T-Shirt/productinfo/700477/) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427/49 "2018-02-05T18:57:57Z")
In the 13 years since I started this thread, I can add a few more to the hometowns I’ve been to: Boston, MA Hannibal, MO Philadelphia, PA And apparently Battle Creek, MI is also a hometown, which I’ve been to. And I was gonna claim San Francisco as another, but apparently Hunnicut was from Mill Valley. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427/50 "2018-02-05T19:10:59Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Plausible…although one would think she’d be more likely to name her home as “Army brat”. In the movie, she says “I like to think of the Army as my home.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427/51 "2018-02-05T19:13:49Z")
Wasn’t Kellye from Honolulu? :dubious: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![usar\_jag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f0a364/32.png) [@usar\_jag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usar_jag)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427/52 "2018-02-06T01:44:33Z")
I can add one more to the list: SSG Luther Rizzo was from Red Stick, Louisiana. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427/53 "2018-02-06T01:52:34Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > \*\*Cities I’ve been to:\*\*Bloomington, IL (Blake) > Fort Wayne, IN (Burns) > Hannibal, MO (Potter) > Philadelphia, PA (Mulcahy) > > **Cities that are close to places I’ve been:** > Ft. Ord, CA (Hotlips) (adjacent to Monterey, CA) > Mill Valley, CA (BJ) (adjacent to Sausalito, CA) I was born at fort ord… ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427/54 "2018-02-06T01:57:36Z")
I assume the shrink played by Diane Arbus’ ex-husband was from New York City, but that might not be explicitly mentioned in any episode. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427/55 "2018-02-06T12:59:09Z")
Boston, Philly, Wiscasset, Toledo, and Honolulu. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427/56 "2018-02-06T15:03:53Z")
> [@usar\_jag](#): > > I can add one more to the list: > > SSG Luther Rizzo was from Red Stick, Louisiana. You mean Baton Rouge? :dubious: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427/57 "2018-02-06T15:19:59Z")
SSGT Zelmo Zale was from Brooklyn. He was played by Johnny Haymer, “the Constable” in the _ **Star Trek** _ episode “All Our Yesterdays.” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427/58 "2018-02-06T16:07:14Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > I assume the shrink played by Diane Arbus’ ex-husband was from New York City, but that might not be explicitly mentioned in any episode. There’s no cite, but the MASH Wiki claims Sidney is from Brooklyn, specifically. (I haven’t been to any of the character’s hometowns…I’ve been in New York, Massachusetts, and Maine, but have never been to NYC, Boston, or whatever town is the model for Crabapple Cove (but as a Steven King fan, I am happy that we did spend some time in Bangor).) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427/59 "2018-02-06T16:13:35Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > There’s no cite, but the MASH Wiki claims Sidney is from Brooklyn, specifically. > > (I haven’t been to any of the character’s hometowns…I’ve been in New York, Massachusetts, and Maine, but have never been to NYC, Boston, or whatever town is the model for Crabapple Cove (but as a Steven King fan, I am happy that we did spend some time in Bangor).) Well if Sidney is from Brooklyn, I can add that to my list too. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427/60 "2018-02-06T16:34:44Z")
Even with all the add-ins listed, I’ve only got five. No - Hawkeye: Crabapple Cover, ME - No Yes- Trapper John: Boston, MA - Yes No - Henry Blake: Bloomington, IL - Yes No - Frank Burns: Fort Wayne, IN - No No- Hotlips: Fort Ord, CA - No No - Radar: Ottumwa, IA - Yes No - Sherman Potter: Hannibal, MO - Yes No - BJ Hunnicutt: Mill Valley, CA - No Yes - Charles Winchester: Boston, MA - Yes Yes - Klinger: Toledo, OH - Yes Yes - Father Mulcahy: Philadelphia, PA - Yes Yes - SSGT Zelmo Zale, Dr. Sidney Freedman: Brooklyn, NYC, NY No - SSG Luther Rizzo: Red Stick, LA (Baton Rouge?) No - Nurse Kellye: Honolulu, HI [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-a-s-h-hometowns/288427.md?page=4)