The recruit who asks for a neck trim is sporting the very latest in rockabilly style hair styles. But, like Elvis and many others, the army barber equalizes things.
The name 'Willie N. List' is probably a play on the question 'Will he enlist?'.
The cruise ship shown in the third dream is named 'Funfair'.
This is the same Ralph Phillips that was seen as an elementary school student three years prior in "From A to Z-Z-Z-Z".