In this episode we learn Rockford was wounded and was awarded the Silver Star in Korea.
In this episode, viewers learn that Rockford was a scrounger while serving in the Army during the Korean War. James Garner famously played Hendley the Scrounger in The Great Escape (1963).
Jim Rockford remarks that he does not have a good opinion of marshals, adding that "I don't even think too much of Matt Dillion." Marshal Matt Dillion was the main character of the long-running TV series Gunsmoke (1955).