Sometimes You Hear the Bullet

"**Sometimes You Hear the Bullet**"
"Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"
MAS*H episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 17
Directed by	William Wiard
Written by	Carl Kleinschmitt
Production code	J318
Original air date	January 28, 1973
Guest appearances
	Ron Howard; James T. Callahan;
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"Sometimes You Hear the Bullet" is the 17th episode of the first season of the TV series M*A*S*H, originally airing on January 28, 1973. This is the first episode in which the medical staff failed to save a wounded soldier, and one of the first episodes of the series showing a member of the hospital staff truly affected by death.

Writer Carl Kleinschmitt was nominated for a Writers Guild Award for this episode.^[1]

^ Wittebols, James H. (2003). Watching M*A*S*H, Watching America. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 34. ISBN 0-7864-1701-3. Retrieved May 16, 2009.

[watch34-1] Wittebols, James H. (2003). Watching M*A*S*H, Watching America. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 34. ISBN 0-7864-1701-3. Retrieved May 16, 2009.

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