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| series = [[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]<br />
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| season = 2<br />
| episode = 9<br />
| airdate = {{Start date|1973|11|10}}<br />
| production = K409<br />
| writer = [[Larry Gelbart]]<br/><br />
[[Laurence Marks (radio and television writer)|Laurence Marks]]<br />
| director = [[Don Weis]]<br />
| guests = <br />
*[[Mills Watson]] – Condon<br />
*[[Odessa Cleveland]] – Lt. Ginger Bayliss<br />
*[[Kathleen Hughes]] – Lorraine Blake<br />
| season_article = M*A*S*H season 2<br />
| episode_list = List of M*A*S*H episodes<br />
| prev = [[The Trial of Henry Blake]]<br />
| next = [[The Sniper (M*A*S*H)|The Sniper]]<br />
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"'''Dear Dad... Three'''" is the ninth episode of the [[M*A*S*H season 2|second season]] of the American television series ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'', and the 33rd episode overall. The episode's title follows the format of two episodes from the show's [[M*A*S*H season 1|first season]]: "[[Dear Dad]]" and "[[Dear Dad...Again]]". "Dear Dad... Three" aired on November 10, 1973.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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Hawkeye writes another letter home to his father, detailing some of the recent events at the 4077th: amongst the latest batch of wounded is a soldier with a live grenade shot into his body, and Sergeant Condon, who reminds the doctors to give him the "right color" blood. Hawkeye, Trapper and Ginger decide to teach Condon a lesson on racism. The monthly staff meeting was also held—-although the previous meeting was held six months earlier—and the latest meeting appears to be no more productive than the previous one, which, according to Radar's minutes, was "declared a shambles". Henry also receives a home movie of his daughter's birthday party from his wife, which he watches in his office with Hawkeye, Trapper and Radar-—along with footage from a few years previously of Henry and his wife goofing in front of the camera with their neighbors.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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"Dear Dad... Three" was the first of four episodes to feature home movies in the episode plot. The season three episode "There is Nothing Like a Nurse" featured the main male characters, minus Frank Burns, watching a home movie of Frank's wedding. The season four episode "Mail Call...Again" featured the main characters watching a movie of Radar's family sitting down to Sunday lunch at the family farm in Ottumwa, Iowa. The season nine episode "Oh, How We Danced" featured the main characters throwing a surprise anniversary party for B.J. and showing him a movie his wife Peg made for him based on surreptitiously-made recordings Hawkeye made of B.J. describing a routine day in the life of the Hunnicutt home.<br />
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This episode also contains a claim that Dr. [[Charles R. Drew|Charles Drew]] [died April 1, 1950], known for his pioneering work with blood plasma, [[Charles R. Drew#Death|died]] in a North Carolina hospital which refused to admit him or treat his injuries based on his race. This claim, although widely repeated, is false.<ref name="ferris.edu">{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/question/june04.htm<br />
|title = Question of the Month: The Truth About the Death of Charles Drew<br />
|date = June 2004<br />
|publisher = [[Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia]]<br />
|accessdate = June 24, 2014<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131212204306/http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/question/june04.htm<br />
|archivedate = December 12, 2013<br />
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web<br />
| url = http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1092/did-the-black-doctor-who-invented-blood-plasma-die-because-white-doctors-wouldnt-treat-him<br />
| title = Did the black doctor who invented blood plasma die because white doctors wouldn't treat him?<br />
| date = November 1989<br />
| publisher = [[The Straight Dope]]<br />
| accessdate = June 24, 2014<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb episode|id=0638285}}<br />
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