Major Dr. Anthony Borelli, a retired Red Cross Civilian Medical Advisor consultant, who served in both World Wars I and II in the Army Medical Corps, twice visited the 4077th MASH in Korea, giving advice on new surgical techiniques; Borelli was played by Robert Alda, father to both Alan, who plays Hawkeye Pierce, and younger son Antony Alda, who appears as Corporal Jarvis in the episode Lend A Hand.