Here is where it all began -- the novel that made M*A*S*H a legend and gave life to Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlihan, Frank Burns, Radar O'Reilly, and the rest of the gang of the 4077th MASH. The doctors who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals during the Korean War were well trained but, like many soldiers sent to fight a war, too young for the job. Meet the true-life heroes and lunatics who fought in the Korean War, and experience the martini-laced mornings, marathon hijinks, sexual escapades, and the hard work and skill of the MASH in the face of enormous pressure and dangerous odds.