Henry told Kinsey that he ran into Bucky a while ago and that he told him that he had a problem. The problem was that Johnny didn’t want a funeral, but he wanted to be cremated, which was done right away. But then it occurred to him that Johnny was entitled to a military burial. Henry said that he guessed that Johnny was a fighter pilot during world war two, part of the American Volunteer Group under Claire Chennault.
Bucky thought I’d be nicer: white marble with his name engraved, and that kind of thing.