The story here takes place aboard the fictional USS Goodwill, a hospital ship of the US Navy. No such hospital ship has ever existed. However, the real USS Goodwill was a patrol motorboat which served 1917-18 in the Panama Canal Zone.
Filmed at Los Angeles National Cemetery and The Queen Mary, Long Beach, California.
Young Lt. Ron Graham tells Ens. Beverly Trombatore a "doctor joke" with the same style, cadence, and mannerisms as Groucho Marx.
"Dedicated to all the angels who have served in peace and war. Bless them all."
Cmdr. Rayburn reprimands one of the nurses saying O2 is flammable. O2 isn't flammable but it does support combustion.