The poetry Charles is trying to read to Sooni is Lord Byron's "She Walks in Beauty."
The classical music Charles is playing for Sooni in the supply room is "Serenade for Strings" by Pyotr "Peter" Tchaikovsky.
Corporal Klinger's family home is at 1215 Michigan, Toledo, Ohio.
Klinger mentions feeling like John Agar, who was one of the biggest young stars of the era. He appeared in many films including "Fort Apache ", "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon ", and "Sands Of Iwo Jima".