About Tom Skerritt
I noticed something that the Duke Forrest character is more or less a sidekick to Hawkeye and Trapper. In fact, he looks so much younger than them that he really fits the naive sidekick part. The irony is that Tom Skerritt is actually older than Gould or Sutherland. Something I noticed hehe
They should have expanded the role though. I found the character quite amusing. I mean, it was really Hawkeye and him at first. Then Trapper came and Hawkeye hung out with him more, leaving Duke as an expendable. Shame.