M*A*S*H (an acronym for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) is an American war comedy-drama television series revolving around key personnel during the Korean War (1950_53). Tension often occurred between the civilian draftees of 4077th Hawkeye, Trapper John, and B.J. Hunnicutt, and the "regular Army" characters, such as Margaret Houlihan and Colonel Potter, who tend to represent patriotism and duty.