In the song that LeBeau was singing in the show 'Alouette', the literal translation of 'Alouette, Gentille Alouette; Alouette, Je te plumerai' is 'Lark, Nice Lark; Lark, I am going to pluck you'. 'Je te plumerai la tête' means 'I will pluck your head.' 'Je te plumerai' means 'I will pluck you' or 'I will fleece you' or 'I will take you for every cent you have'. While he was singing, LeBeau was sometimes making a plucking gesture.
The title is from the song 'Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition' written by Frank Loesser in 1942. It is based on a true incident that occurred during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Chaplain Howell Forgy was aboard the USS New Orleans during the Japanese attack. The crew was passing ammunition to the guns in a "bucket brigade". The Chaplain said the phrase to them as a way of boosting morale during the fight.
The $4 Schultz spends on the gift would be worth $61.84 in 2018 adjusted for inflation.
The lighter Corporal Newkirk (Richard Dawson) is going to sell Sergeant Schultz (John Banner) has the initials H.G. and J.G. Newkirk says they stand for Herman Goering and Joseph Goebbels. Goering was a German political and military leader as well as one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party (NSDAP) that ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945. Goebbels was a Nazi politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany.