Hawkeye and Trapper hassle the brass to obtain a vital piece of medical equipment.

Frank buys two sets of pearls, one for Margaret and one for his wife. After some talk, Radar gets Hawkeye $3,000 in lost earnings, Hawkeye gives it to Mulcahy for the orphans, but then the army wants the money back. Trapper wins big at poker after using Hawkeye's watch as a stake, so Hawkeye takes his winnings to avoid a stay in the honeymoon suite of The Stockade Hilton.

When Hawkeye's father is notified that he's dead, he finds it's no easy matter either to get word to him or to establish otherwise.