starless eyes, for heavens sake

He missed Trapper by not being available for the call, for getting to Kimpo late. He gave Henry a kiss and a so long because he didn't know Henry was going to die. He put off talking to Radar because he said he couldn't say what needed to be said until he was drunk, he manages a silent salute when he's unable to get out of surgery. He promised to write Kyung Soon and then immediately admits that they will do it as a graceful gesture to each other and never see each other again. He doesn't say goodbye. He also didn't get to say goodbye to her mother who died before he could get to her because he was in surgery. He realises in retrospect that BJ was there to say goodbye to him in the asylum, but he got too worked up for BJ to actually say anything. His father said everything was fine and he didn't say goodbye to his mother. He was trying everything he could to save Tommy so he bantered about the book title instead of acknowledging it. "What would you do if I was dying? Hold me and let die in your arms or just let me lay there and bleed?"

Even in GFA he's uncomfortable with it! Klinger gets a so long and a joke, Mulcahy gets a joke, Margaret gets a kiss and a so long, Charles gets a joke, and the Colonel gets a salute.

No goodbye to anyone! The closest he gets to it is 'so long,' usually undercut by a joke to break the tension. He doesn't acknowledge his feelings at all. (Margaret might come to closest since a lot was being communicated with their kiss).

But even BJ! He says: I know how tough it is for you to say goodbye so I'll say it.

He missed Trapper by not being available for the call, for getting to Kimpo late. He gave Henry a kiss and a so long because he didn't know Henry was going to die. He put off talking to Radar because he said he couldn't say what needed to be said until he was drunk, he manages a silent salute when he's unable to get out of surgery. He promised to write Kyung Soon and then immediately admits that they will do it as a graceful gesture to each other and never see each other again. He doesn't say goodbye. He also didn't get to say goodbye to her mother who died before he could get to her because he was in surgery. He realises in retrospect that BJ was there to say goodbye to him in the asylum, but he got too worked up for BJ to actually say anything. His father said everything was fine and he didn't say goodbye to his mother. He was trying everything he could to save Tommy so he bantered about the book title instead of acknowledging it. "What would you do if I was dying? Hold me and let die in your arms or just let me lay there and bleed?"

Even in GFA he's uncomfortable with it! Klinger gets a so long and a joke, Mulcahy gets a joke, Margaret gets a kiss and a so long, Charles gets a joke, and the Colonel gets a salute.

No goodbye to anyone! The closest he gets to it is 'so long,' usually undercut by a joke to break the tension. He doesn't acknowledge his feelings at all. (Margaret might come to closest since a lot was being communicated with their kiss).

But even BJ! He says: I know how tough it is for you to say goodbye so I'll say it.

Bobolinks (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), male, family Icteridae, order Passeriformes, Eastern CO, USA