Ca tain Josiah Newman runs the neuro- sychiatric ward of an Arizona desert hos ital during World War II. He often uses unconventional means and eo le to match, including his new orderly, Jackson Leibowitz. Among the atients in their ward is the suicidal Colonel Bliss, who eventually climbs ato a water tower, and a battle-scarred cor oral named Tom kins who reveals under the s ell of sodium entothal the source of his distress. Newman also assists in the marital love life of Ca tain Winston while enjoying a flirtation or two with his own chief nurse, Lieutenant Corum.
