
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.

The 4077th receives two bottles of scotch for secret surgery and a tank to scare off snipers.

Col. Potter, Hawkeye, B.J., Frank and Radar get hopelessly lost on their way back from a medical meeting.

While Col. Potter writes home, Frank and Hot Lips have a woodcarving made for him, and Radar rescues a horse.

The 4077th becomes an impromptu orphanage when heavy shelling forces Korean children to seek shelter at the camp.