On this episode of Our American Stories, for all 11 seasons of M*A*S*H, Alan Alda wore the same set of military dog tags as Captain Hawkeye Pierce. Most viewers assumed they were Hollywood props. They weren't.
Journalist Andy Lewis shares the remarkable true story of the two World War II veterans whose names appeared on those dog tags, revealing how a Black engineer from Mississippi and the son of Jewish immigrants from Brooklyn became forever connected through one of television's most beloved shows.
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