The main guest stars of this episode, Harry Guardino and BarBara Luna, will return as supporting players in the twelfth season opener, A Lion in the Streets (1979), which aired on October 4, 1979 - 10 years and 10 days after this episode originally aired.
Directed by Nicholas Colasanto who would go on to portray Coach in the tv series Cheers
Sgt. Simms' rank is actually Sergeant Major (E-9).
On both the uniform shirt and uniform jacket of Sergeant Major Simms (Harry Guardino) his ribbon bars are out of order with Purple Heart seen first on top row by itself before an award of the Silver Star which leads off second row where Purple Heart ribbon should more properly follow that award then the Army Commendation Medal.
The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series (In Its First Year Only).