Dorothy presents a blue discharge to the school principal in the 1950s. Blue discharges were discontinued in 1947. Further, the principal calls it a "dishonorable" discharge. Blue discharges were neither honorable nor dishonorable; they were administrative.
The film takes place in Connecticut, USA, but was filmed in Canada. At the end of the first story, young Johnny Burroughs hides behind a war memorial that lists three World War I battles Canadians participated in (Ypres, Festubert and Givenchy).