Erin's birthday - for a fic

[aura218.livejournal.com]

A question for the group: Do we know when Erin's birthday is? Any speculation would be appreciated. I'm guessing summer of 1950.

Peg was "8 months pregnant" in the May before BJ was drafted -- he says this in the ep about their anniversary.

If you divide the series into quarters, and the war into corresponding quarters (remember algebra?), then Trapper was there for June 1950 to early 51. Going by the weather in "Welcome to Korea," no earlier than March 51. BJ arrived for 51, 52, and 53. (Assuming the show starts at the begginning of the war, or nearly so.) The war ended in July of 53.

So Peg was pregnant from 49-50, when BJ was drafted, then he did six months of training, and that puts him in Korea in the beginning of 51. (So BJ was in training for like, 2/3 of the time Trapper was at the 4077th. That's a little funny to think about, like BJ was waiting in the wings for all of S2.)

Did we ever hear BJ give a more specific day or month than what I'm proposing here?

Obv, I need this for a fic.

Thanks, Group.

Comments

[aura218.livejournal.com]

Oh, so she was born in 51, if she was two in 53. Does that work? Either Trapper was there for almost 2 years, or the show started later than June 1950. I have a terrible feeling I'll be figuring out the army doctor points system soon...

June must be the month. If Peggy was 8 months pregnant in late May, Erin must have been born in June, unless she was really really late. They're anniversary is something like May 18th or 21st, right? I remember it's just a few days to one side of my birthday, which is the 20th.

[mashfanficchick.livejournal.com]

First of all, their anniversary is May 23rd. I know this, because it's MY birthday, and--like you, apparently ;-)--I'm a big enough geek to be thrilled by it.

And yes, she was born in '51. I tend to use June 14th, 1951 as her birthday when I write, because it's the same as my mom's (day/month/year), which makes it easier for me to figure out how old she would have been when: I'm too bad at math to figure it out easily, so using my mom's b-day allows me to just yell in to her "Mom? How old were you [insert year/time/event/etc. here]?" *g*

*seems to--shockingly--not have any BJ icons available ATM*

[aura218.livejournal.com]

My mom is April 20, 51, and I'm May 20, 81. Convenient math ftw. :D I'm always one year less than whatever year, plus ten or twenty or whatever decades. ... It makes sense if you've been doing this math for 28 years. :D

Anyway, I'm making her a nice even June 20, because everyone in my family is Something 20 so it's easy to remember.

I need more icons! It's hard to get good bases out of these old pictures. I like my Margaret, she's rather scrumptious and pinuppy, ie the person who made it went with the poor quality instead of resisted it. I really like the Hawkeye you used for your icon, he looks so laidback and natural in that pic.