
Members of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital care for the injured during the Korean War and use humor to escape from the horror and depression of the situation. Among the 4077's people are Capts. Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce and "Trapper John" McIntire, Majs. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan and Frank Burns, and Cpl. Walter "Radar" O'Reilly.

Trapper, coached by Hawkeye, enters the intercamp boxing tournament to prevent the transfer of a nurse.

Father Mulcahy becomes the object of a young nurse's affections.

When Klinger tries to help a South Korean girl financially, her mother misunderstands his motives.

Charles is sure he had a great time in Tokyo, if he could only remember what he did.