
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.

Nurse Cooper can't cope with the operating room; Radar gets a tattoo.

A noted war correspondent visits the 4077th to do a story on blood donated by his readers.

A soldier goes AWOL and the 4077th receives fresh eggs from a grateful farmer.

It is a painful time for everyone when Winchester, suffering from a toothache, refuses to see an Army dentist.