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Major Frank Burns
Major Frank Burns enjoys the regimen and discipline that war brings to his life.
He's found a like-minded peer and lover in Major Margaret Houlihan and when not in romantic trysts, schemes with her to try to undermine those around them.
Burn's arrogance is as astounding as his incompetence. Even wounded soldiers want to kill him. Yet Burns doesn't seem to have a need for friends and does everything in his power to keep people at bay. Burns will do anything to keep his wealthy wife from divorcing him despite the fact that this causes conflict with his one ally, Major Houlihan, with whom he is obviously in love.
After Major Houlihan gets married, Burns becomes distraught, despite the fact that he is still married. Suffering a breakdown he goes berserk accosting a General's wife he mistakenly takes for Houlihan. After a psychiatric examination he is discharged, and promoted to Lt. Col.