So that's why Trapper has never shown up. Because he's at home, with his wife and kids, away from the war. Questions run through his head- why weren't they in Tokyo together? Why didn't Trap call? He can't imagine not being there to see him home- and what, Hawk just stays there? In that lousy war while Trapper gets to wear real clothes and not salute people?

Well. Hawk isn't in the war presently. But they're friends- real friends, not just war buddies the way that Radar and Mulcahy are. Radar is. Hawk loves Trap in their fumblings and companionship, the easy way he could always come back to the swamp and to him. The comfort of him, the camaraderie, the keeping each other going in marathon surgeries. It never occurred to him that Trapper wouldn't eventually end up here, or that they'd eventually be separated. Hawk's still in touch with his childhood friends, and he couldn't even see Trapper to the airport?

Mulcahy isn't getting an answer out of him just yet. Hawk is weeping into his scarf.