Corporal Stoddard was a character who appeared in the Season 11 episode of the CBS-TV series M*A*S*H titled "As Time Goes By". The part of Stoddard is played in the episode by actor Mark Herrier.
About Stoddard[]
In the episode "As Time Goes By", reports of a sniper who is rumored to have shot a G.I. arrives. Corporal Stoddard, the G.I. who was also expected, does not arrive, neither does the chopper pilot who was said to be transporting him to the 4077th. Both Stoddard and the pilot, Lieutenant Brannum (Michael Swan), both finally arrive the next morning, with the pilot explaining that the chopper's fan belt busted, forcing them to land. A sniper's bullet hit their radio, leaving him unable to call anyone.
After B.J. successfully operates on Stoddard, they talk to the healing Stoddard in Post-Op; he tells an amazing story: the chopper pilot Lt. Brannum, with a shot-up chopper, could only fly 50 feet at a time, so he would walk that far ahead, all alone, finding a good place to land. He'd then walk back, fly to the new location with his wounded cargo, and then start all over again. This went on all night, and the young man is sorry that the pilot left so unceremoniously before he could thank him.