MASH

…an American surgeon who wrote MASH, a humorous war novel that is based on Hornberger’s experiences as a U.S. Army doctor in the Korean War. Hornberger began writing the novel in 1956, modeling the character of Dr. Benjamin Franklin (“Hawkeye”) Pierce on himself and balancing comical elements with descriptions of…

…film (1970) based on a book (1968) by a surgeon who served in the Korean War. It ran more than three times longer than the war it depicted, taking America from a completely different war in Southeast Asia all the way to Ronald Reagan’s presidency. With laughter and grief on…