MASH FAQ: Everything Left to Know about the Best Care AnywhereHere's the lowdown on the unforgettable show about the Forgotten War. M*A*S*H began as a novel written by a surgeon who had been in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War. After being rejected multiple times, the novel would go on to become a bestseller, leading to 14 sequels, an Oscar winning movie that propelled its director and actors to stardom, and a multiple Emmy winning television series that lasted nearly four times the length