The franchise depicts a group of fictional characters who served at the fictional "4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (M*A*S*H)" during the Korean War, loosely based on the historic 8055th MASH unit.

The series, produced by 20th Century Fox Television for CBS, follows a team of doctors and support staff stationed at the "4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital" in Uijeongbu, South Korea, during the Korean War (1950–53).

The 4077th MASH is a typical U.S. Army Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War. Based on a concept that evolved soon after the Second World War, these units are designed to be highly mobile, with its own transportation to allow them to keep up with advancing troops or …

Henry finds out he's been discharged from the army and everyone at the 4077th prepares to say goodbye to him as he heads home. In the closing days of the Korean War, the staff of the 4077 M*A*S*H Unit find themselves facing irrevocable changes in their lives. Capt. 'Trapper John' McIntyre … Cpl. Maxwell Q. Klinger … Col. Sherman T. Potter …

For narrative simplicity, the "4077th MASH" unit depicted in the novel, movie, and television series was smaller than real MASH units. The fictional 4077th consisted of four general surgeons and one neurosurgeon, around 10 nurses, and 50–70 enlisted men.

Patent 4077: Directed by Harry Morgan. With Alan Alda, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Loretta Swit. Hawkeye is fed up with having to work with inadequate surgical equipment, so he tries to find somebody to create a makeshift clamp for him.

Jun 2, 2023 · M*A*S*H is an acronym for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. The subsequent film and television series were based on the works of Richard Hooker (H. Richard Hornberger), himself a surgeon at M*A*S*H 8055 in Korea. There was no M*A*S*H 4077, the unit number is fictitious.

Divided We Stand: Directed by Jackie Cooper. With Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit. Henry's orders to the 4077th to be on their best behavior when General Clayton sends a psychiatrist to evaluate them meet with mixed results. Will the team be broken up and sent to other units?

Inspired by the 1970 film of the same name and the novel "MASH: A Novel about Three Army Doctors" by Richard Hooker, M*A*S*H was an American television series about a team of medical personnel stationed at the 4077th MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) in South Korea during the Korean War.

M*A*S*H is a 1972–1983 American television series based on Richard Hooker's 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors About The series, which was produced with 20th Century Fox Television for CBS.