Why Alan Alda Is Auctioning His ‘M*A*S*H’ Dog Tags and Boots After 40 Years?

This post comes from Military.com. “Every day for 11 seasons, actor Alan Alda donned the same dog tags and boots to play his character, Dr. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce, on “M*A*S*H.” They became so important to him that he kept them after the show’s final episode aired on Feb. 28, 1983 — more than 40 years ago.

The seemingly innocuous props had such a special meaning for him that the show’s costume department let him keep them. They were a lot more important than just any old props, because the dog tags, it turned out, were real. Alda is now willing to part ways with his pieces of television history, but for a good cause: his passion project of  helping scientists better communicate their research to the rest of the world.” Click here to read the rest of this article.