| Who went to Korea... | Actor/Actress | Who they played... |
| Bobby Trippe left being bent over a log in 'Deliverance' , and running the network in 'Network', to go to Korea and inspect Father Mulcahy. | |
| Left his show, 'Living with Ed', left being a huge environmentalist, to go to Korea and cook 'Spam Parmesian.' | |
| Boss Hogg goes to Korea to give Hawkeye a hand in surgery. | |
| Ford Fairlane left Hollywood to get in a reverse jeep race and run over a chicken coop! | |
| Walter, the alien leader, left 'Cocoon' to become an MP Sergeant questioning Frank about stolen Korean artifacts. | |
| Quit directing Adam Sandler films like 'Happy Gilmore' and 'Big Daddy' to become Col. Potter's philandering son-in-law. | |
| Morpheus left the 'Matrix' to become a wounded Corporal for the Army Combat Engineers. | |
| Left 'Close Encounters...', 'Young Frankenstein', and playing Phoebe's mother on 'Friends' to have a picnic with Hawkeye, and get shot at. | |
| Commissioner Gordon left the 'Batman' movies to go to Korea and play an April Fool's joke on the MASH gang! | |
| Opie leaves Mayberry, lies about his age and joins the Marines to impress his girlfriend, Bernice. | |
| Mongo left 'Blazing Saddles' and the Detroit Lions to become a new 'Big Brother' to Hawkeye. | |
| Goober Pyle left Mayberry to replace Hawkeye for a week. | |
| Diane leaves Sam to have wine and cheese with Hawkeye in the Supply Room. | |
| Left teaching the 'Karate Kid', to play poker (conference) with Hawkeye, Trapper, & Henry. | |
| Lieutenant Frank Drebbin leaves Police Squad to become a crazy Colonel. | |
| Danny Noonan left the 'Caddyshack' to go to Korea and get injured (twice) and visited by Sidney Freedman. | |
| Cypher also left the 'Matrix' to become a soldier who steals his dead buddy's discharge papers. | |
| Boon left 'Animal House' to have a recurring role as a MASH orderly, most notably helping Sgt. Zale build a bonfire. | |
| Left Janet and Chrissy to become a shell-shocked soldier in Korea. | |
| Left 'McMillan & Wife' and 'Kate & Allie' to be a war correspondent and hit on B.J. | |
| Detective Sergeant Nick Yemana left 'Barney Miller' to become a black-market boss in Korea. | |
| Dalton left the 'Roadhouse' to become a soldier with a broken arm and leukemia. | |
| Norm Peterson joins the Marines and gets a billiard ball stuck in his mouth! | |
| Motorcycle Cop Jon Baker left 'Ponch' on 'CHiPs' to go to Korea and have a son. | |
| County Commissioner Bob Gephardt left 'Porky's' to become our favorite CIA, CID, CIC, Army Intelligence Officer. (He has written permission to kill himself in the line of duty.) | |