White Gold (M*A*S*H) White Gold (M*A*S*H) "White Gold" is the 23rd episode of Season 3 of the CBS-TV series "M*A*S*H". The Army's supplies of penicillin are low, and thefts are high. For its medicinal value in treating infections, and because it gets top dollar on the black market, the drug has earned the nickname "white gold". A trio of soldiers dressed in spy gear is caught breaking into the 4077th's emergency ration. One is captured, who refuses to talk, and offers only a dog tag marked "Perkins" as identification. Radar O'Reilly traces the tag and learns it belonged to another soldier killed in
Alan Alda Greatest TV Stars of All Time". The following is a list of "M*A*S*H" episodes written and/or directed by Alda. Alda's prominence in the enormously successful television series "M*A*S*H" provided him a platform to speak out on political topics. He has been a strong and vocal supporter of women's rights and the feminist movement. He co-chaired, with former First Lady Betty Ford, the Equal Rights Amendment Countdown campaign. In 1976, "The Boston Globe" dubbed him "the quintessential Honorary Woman: a feminist icon" for his activism on behalf of the Equal Rights Amendment. Alda played Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman in the