Michael Boatman (Billy Johnson) previously played Private Sam Beckett in China Beach (1988). Like Billy Johnson, Private Beckett served in the Vietnam War.
In the original history, Billy Johnson committed suicide by drowning himself in the San Diego Veterans' Hospital therapy pool on August 10, 1968.
Robert Alan "Bobby" Wilson was reported missing in action in December 1966.
This episode takes place in San Diego, California on August 10, 1968.