They both made it thru the war then Fonda dies aboard ship when it’s over…damn!
That reminded also of Colonel Blake on MASH in the episode where he went home.
A guy I know joined the Marines with three friends. One friend was killed in action in Vietnam and then it came time for them to go home his other two buddies got to go home 2 weeks before he did.
When he got to town he went directly to his friend’s house he didn’t even go to see his mother first and found out that both of his friends had been killed in a car accident.