The Firing of Douglas MacArthur

[Jacob]

Nice post on imgur on his firing and the Congressional hearings that followed: http://imgur.com/gallery/BSAcx

[CountDeMoney]

Really, Xiacob?  Imgur?  A Buzzfeed poll wasn't available?

[garbon]

Really, Xiacob?  Imgur?  A Buzzfeed poll wasn't available?

You are just upset it wasn't on Pinterest.

[Jacob]

Really, Xiacob?  Imgur?  A Buzzfeed poll wasn't available?

Whatevs... someone shared it, I thought it was interesting, I couldn't be bothered to copy paste the whole damn thing.

[CountDeMoney]

Lol, whatevs

[Jacob]

Lol, whatevs

[Habbaku]

I appreciate the post, Xiacob.   

[Razgovory]

Truman was right!  MacArthur should have been sacked in 1942.  I had a neighbour who was at Bataan. 

[Jacob]

I appreciate the post, Xiacob.   

[grumbler]

I think it is interesting to note that

Hoyt Vandenberg, the Air Force chief of staff, told the committee that Korea was already claiming a large part of America's available air strength. "The Air Force part that is engaged in Korea is roughly 85 percent—80 to 85 percent—of the tactical capacity of the United States,"

This simply wasn't true, unless he was counting "the tactical capacity of the United States" differently than we normally would, because 11 tactical wings served in Korea at any one time, and 28 were maintained in Europe.

Possibly, he meant the "deployable" forces not dedicated to NATO.

[CountDeMoney]

I think it is interesting to note that

Hoyt Vandenberg, the Air Force chief of staff, told the committee that Korea was already claiming a large part of America's available air strength. "The Air Force part that is engaged in Korea is roughly 85 percent—80 to 85 percent—of the tactical capacity of the United States,"

This simply wasn't true, unless he was counting "the tactical capacity of the United States" differently than we normally would, because 11 tactical wings served in Korea at any one time, and 28 were maintained in Europe.

Possibly, he meant the "deployable" forces not dedicated to NATO.

You think he might have meant mobilized ANG units? 

[grumbler]

You think he might have meant mobilized ANG units?

That's quite possible.  I know a lot of ANG units were mobilized for Korea, while some Reserve units went to Europe and never saw action.  I remember reading something about resentment that ANG and even recalled vets were getting the combat missions while regulars and reserves were collecting bigger paychecks in Europe.