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In the TV show MAS*H a lot of the stories involve using the telephone at the camp. Did they really use telephones, and did they have to lay all the wire to headquarters like Seoul every time they moved? What other forms of communication were used in the Korean War aside from delivered paper?

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In the TV show MAS*H a lot of the stories involve using the telephone at the camp. Did they really use telephones, and did they have to lay all the wire to headquarters like Seoul every time they moved? What other forms of communication were used in the Korean War aside from delivered paper?	136