
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.

An old and dear friend of Col. Potter's arrives with injuries sustained in a careless accident.

When Charles is handed the job of being the 4077's charity collection officer, he desperately tries to pass the buck.

Everyone steps forth with memorable contributions when Hot Lips insists that a time capsule be left by the 4077th crew.

To raise money to send his Korean houseboy to medical school, Hawkeye raffles off a weekend in Tokyo with a nurse.