Adjusting for inflation (but not counting any interest that might have been owed and accrued), the $5.00 Major Stovall remembers General Britt owing him since 1928 would have been worth only a few cents more in 1944 when the episode was set, but up to over $9 in 1965 when the episode first aired, and up to just under $83 in 2022.
The 1928 Army-Notre Dame football game that Maj. Stovall and Gen. Britt are discussing in the Epilogue was the game where Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne delivered his famous "Win one for the Gipper" speech. The game was played on November 10 and Notre Dame was the underdog. The Irish hung on to win 12-6.
The real-life person on whom Harvey Stovall was based, Colonel William Howard "Hank" Stovall (a World War I ace fighter pilot who returned to active duty for World War II and was Chief of Personnel for the 8th Air Force) actually had a son, also a fighter pilot, who was reported Missing in Action in the European Theater of Operations, confirmed Killed in Action after the war. The photo of Harvey's son "Michael Stovall" shown on his desk appears to be that of the real-life William Howard Stovall Jr.