But in 1945 that picture would be so full of people you'd need a week to count them all. US shipbuilding after Pearl went HARD. The US navy at the end of it was larger than all other navies PRE-WAR combined.
Honestly, if this ends up with Zana secretly happy with being her brother and Aubry's wingelf, I'd be happy. Hell, I wish more 'childhood friend' plots turned out that way.