harry brubaker. william holden, okay? died at the end of the movie. so who was this guy in real life? well, it turns out that on the uss valley forge there was a pilot, an older pilot, he was all of 29 but they called him pop's, whose name was donald brubaker, and he kind of looks like william holden. now, if you remember from the movie william holden arranged to bring his wife, grace kelly, over on our and our. that's chilly not something that happened during those times. it definitely was discouraged, but interestingly enough, michener had brought his own wife over to stay in japan while he was off with the army on the ground in the navy at sea. and michener his own background -- donald brubaker -- harry brubaker was supposedly had been a lawyer in denver and had been called back to the war. that was another main aspect of the war, a lot of people have served initially in this war were reservists. many of whom had world war ii service already. they had their war and now they're being called back to another, and that was the case with harry brubaker.