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when they reunited in the prisoner of war camp).
Tragically, Marjorie died in 1953.
John “Bucky” Egan
Like Cleven, Egan survived his stint in the POW camp.
They had two children together.
Egan’s military career took him to Korea, Japan, and Hawaii.
He was promoted to Colonel in 1951, and by 1958 he was working at The Pentagon.
Sadly, Egan suffered a heart attack and died in 1961, aged just 45.
He was awarded the Legion of Merit posthumously and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
After retiring, he became Harvard’s Director of the Writing Center.
As depicted in the show, Crosby was married to Jean Evelyn Boehner.
They had four children together.
Sadly, Jean died in 1980.
Crosby married Mary Alice Tompkins in 1982, and he died in 2010 at the age of 91.
Rosenthal died in 2007 at the age of 89.
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