Powell (to Custer): Isn't that what we're supposed to be doing--exterminating the Indian?
Powell: Colonel, how do you know I won't slit your throat some night and take off?
Custer (to the slimy six): If one man disobeys or tries to desert, I will shoot him without hesitation. Is that understood?
Riker: You ain't changed a bit, Colonel. Risking your men's lives don't mean a thing to you.
Riker: Me, I'm so dirty, I can't stand myself. Stanhope: So am I, Riker. So am I.
Powell: All right, Colonel, I'll be your corporal. For as long as it suits me.
Future M*A*S*H star Mike Farrell has a bit part in this episode playing a cavalry trooper.
Wayne Maunder and Robert F. Simon are the only series regulars who appear in this episode.
Among the shows represented in this episode: Dynasty (Lloyd Bochner), Kolchak: the Night Stalker (Darren McGavin), Father Knows Best (Billy Gray), and Police Woman (Charles Dierkop).
The storyline of this episode appears to have been loosely based on The Dirty Dozen which was running in theatres during the series run.
Weird, no one has discussed Custer yet.
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