When the Stars and Stripes reporter is interviewing Charles, BJ is wearing the sweatshirt he dyed red for the party for Hawkeye's return from the peace talks in Peace on Us (1978).
BJ tells Charles that his story could be published in Boys Life. Boys Life magazine, first published in 1911, is the monthly magazine of the Boy Scouts of America, targeted to youth ages 6-18. In 2021, after girls were admitted to the Scouting program, the magazine changed its name to Scout Life.