MASH 4077 - the masks they wore

[cochrane]

@engineer_comp_geek

Not my area of expertise, but I assume it’s because they are wearing different styles of surgical caps. Women, even in the army, tend to have longer hair than men, and needed the poofier style surgical cap that could accommodate their longer hair. Men on the other hand had shorter hair, and (at least in the TV show) are seen wearing a tighter fitting cloth cap.

Looking at old photos on google, it appears to my untrained engineering eye that the show is reasonably accurate with respect to the type of head coverings worn in that era.

Pippers was asking about the masks that go over their faces, though.