Wade Douglas Vollmer
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Staff Sergeant Wade Douglas Vollmer was a fictional character in the 1968 novel M*A*S*H by Richard Hooker, and in the 1970 film of the same name. He was portrayed in the film by David Arkin.
In the novel, Vollmer is the supply sergeant for the 4077th MASH and a native of Nebraska. In the film, he is depicted as a company clerk under the camp's commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake; a running gag in the film has Vollmer trying to take orders from Blake, only to be told that they have already been given to Corporal Radar O'Reilly. (In the subsequent television series, Radar was the company clerk and the Vollmer character was omitted.)
David Arkin also voiced the public address system announcements in the film, presumably in character as Vollmer; on the TV series, the P.A. announcer went unseen and unnamed. (However the actor who played him appeared as the character Private Danny Baker in the Season Two episode "Operation Noselift")
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