Curtis Collins

Lieutenant Curtis Collins was a military officer introduced in the M*A*S*H television episode Say No More. He was portrayed by Michael Horton.
Collins was the son of career military officer Addison Collins, and as such moved throughout the states as his father advanced up the ranks. Never one to back down from a challenge, he climbed a large tree in front of one of his homes after several attempts - one of which caused a broken leg. As he grew up Collins expressed a desire to follow in his father's footsteps. However General Collins attempted to steer him away from a military career, knowing it was a hard and dangerous life and his son could best put his talents to use elsewhere.
However, Collins was insistent on making the military his career in order to make his father proud. During the he was stationed in Korea, leading a military company. With support from his commanding officer he kept the fact that he was the son of General Collins hidden as much as possible in order to avoid special treatment from other military officers who might have been tempted to treat him differntly to gain favor with his father. 
In 1953 Collins was wounded in combat and taken to the 4077th MASH, where he was operated on by Hawkeye Pierce. Hearing that Collins was wounded his father soon arrived to check up on his son. Collins had an easily treatable wound and was on his way to recover, but appeared to have trouble breathing. He tried to reassure his father that it was just a post operative reaction. He did admit that it might have been something more serious. The elder Collins decided to remain at the 4077th for the duration of his son's stay, and had his command trailer brought to the camp, and ordered Hawkeye to keep him informed about his son.
Unfortunately, a short time later Collins suffered a and died soon afterwards. Hawkeye had to deliver the news to the elder Collins, who was devastated by the news. Inviting Hawkeye to have a drink with him, he told him about how his son and how he tried to keep the younger Collins from following in his footsteps, and how he believed it had gotten him killed. Hawkeye told General Collins that even if Collins had not volunteered he probably would have been drafted anyways and still wound up in Korea. After the drink Hawkeye left the trailer but heard the elder Collins barking out orders for the same kind of military actions that got Collins killed.
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