Guest star Sorrell Booke served in the Korean War as a counterintelligence officer and could speak 5 languages.
The first time Hawkeye salutes anyone is in this episode. Hawkeye and Trapper both salute Nurse Cutler when she drops her towel.
This is a rare episode where Radar drinks alcohol. Usually he drinks Grape Nehi even in bars.
The unusual cross on the swamp door is an ancient Moorish symbol that brings good luck and wards off the bad.