The doctors and nurses who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) during the Korean War were well trained, dedicated, and pushed to the brink. And they were young - too young to be doing what they had to do. As Richard Hooker writes in the Foreword, A few flipped their lids, but most of them just raised hell, in a variety of ways and degrees. Meet the true-l The doctors and nurses who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) during the Korean War were well trained, dedicated, and pushed to the brink. And they were young - too young to be doing what they had to do. As Richard Hooker writes in the Foreword, A few flipped their lids, but most of them just raised hell, in a variety of ways and degrees. Meet the true-life heroes and lunatics who fought in the Korean War, and experience the martini-laced mornings, marathon hi-jinks, sexual escapades, and that perfectly corrupt football game that every fan of the movie will remember. Its also a story of hard work and skill in the face of enormous pressure and odds. Here is where it all began - the novel that made MASH a legend.