La guerre n'est jamais facile à vivre, surtout quand on travaille dans un hôpital militaire mobile pendant la guerre de Corée. Pourtant, un groupe de chirurgiens et d'infirmières prend les choses avec humour, semant la pagaille dès qu'une occasion se présente.
Klinger redecorates his quarters, but the resultant ridicule he receives drives him to new heights in his efforts to get out of the Army. Meanwhile, the doctors are perplexed by the reaction of an Asian-American war hero who tries to kill himself when he's told that he will be going home. Sidney Freedman is called in to assist.