FYI, Henry's wife was first named Mildred, but was renamed Lorraine later on. 209.120.247.252 17:36, October 28, 2015 (UTC)Yugi.
Back in Illinois, Henry had a wife, Lorraine (called "Mildred" throughout Season 1) and three children; two daughters Jane and Molly, and a son Andrew, who was born shortly after he left. At least twice Henry mentioned having a pet dog and twice remarked of having a pet cat. Henry cared deeply for his family, even though he had a tendency to fraternize with the nurses like Hawkeye and Trapper did. One constant source of frustration was that his wife was always sending Henry her bills and check books so that he could balance things long distance-although Henry is incompetent as a home accountant. According to Henry, his wife, a former “Succotash Queen” at Illinois-Normal, was a terrific cook and made a great chocolate cake. Two negative comments he makes about her is that when he left, she had a fistful of credit cards and she acted like Frank Burns in drag. She was also pigeontoed and is 35 years old with $3,500 worth of bridgework (on which Henry still owes $1,500) (Hot Lips and Empty Arms). She was seen in a color home movie sent to Henry showing his daughter's birthday party. [Henry claims that she resembles Frank Burns is quite untrue; she actually is a rather presentable looking person in the home movie]. On one occasion, he got a letter from his wife saying he was allowed to cheat on her, but he interpreted this as a way of saying she cheated on him. A phone call to his wife confirmed that she was attracted to someone, which really hurt him (Life With Father) the person his wife was attracted to was an Orthodontist! However, although Blake claims to love his wife, he himself had an ongoing affair with a nurse (Lt. Leslie Scorch, played by Linda Meiklejohn) during the first season plus affairs with two other MASH 4077 nurses. Although a better surgeon than Frank Burns, Blake was just as hypocritical in his marriage vows as Frank Burns was; indeed Blake also had extramarital affairs - such as having one with an underage girl in 1947 at the Happy Hour motel which was secretly recorded by camera and microphone by US Army Intelligence. and an affair with a "rent-a-girl" in a 1949 AMA convention in Houston (A Smattering of Intelligence). In Henry in Love, Henry almost leaves his wife for a woman half his age - he was 44 and she was 21. In true MASH fantasy fashion Blake doesn't divorce his wife for a younger woman [thanks to Hawkeye, Trapper John and Radar]. ALso Blake would have been subject to arrest when he leaves MASH as he is wearing a ciilian suit--HE only Got PointS FOr GOINg HoMe FroM MASH--Not Discharge from the Service!!!