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You forgot the domesticated unicorns and rivers of chocolate.World peace and the end of poverty
You forgot the domesticated unicorns and rivers of chocolate.World peace and the end of poverty
Thomas Hart is a full Fleet Admiral of the U.S. Navy he out ranks everyone else in the P.I. he was a family friend and frequent shipmates of Mac Arthur' older brother Arthur, he was the one man who could and it would only take a seconds action to call out Mac. My scenario is that Hart arrives at MacArthur's HQ. accompanied by Naval aide and USMC orderly, Sgt. or above rank. Sutherland refuses access Hart orders him to stand aside or be arrested for insurbordation , Orderly pushes by stunned Sutherland let's Hart and Aid Into Marc Arthur's quarters. There he finds General catonic/unconscious , orders the aide to fetch his Fleet surgeon. He states that he is assuming command of USFFE, disagree at your peril..orders WP ORANGE To be initiated, takes the job and does it. Doctor arrives, states General is incapicated, orders him hospitalized and prepared for transport to DEI then to U.S.. thoughts?
That works, attacking Formosa right away may slow things down for the Japanese.
Maybe a brief strafing run? Save Bulkeley too.I would be ok with just Dougie getting bumped off. No need to cap Mom, Son, and Nanny.
I would be ok with just Dougie getting bumped off. No need to cap Mom, Son, and Nanny.
Maybe a brief strafing run? Save Bulkeley too.
The environment in the 1940s is not the same as the 1870s. Its hard to elevate to hero levels somebody whose actions after warned about PH resulted in the USAAF in the PI being trashed on the ground, whose defense plan was a disaster, and the lack of preparation made Bataan much more of a disaster than it had to be. His death leaving the PI means no opportunity for him to be a rallying point, no New Guinea campaign, no return to the PI. His death/incapacity right after PH as a poster suggested clears him of blame and potential to be a hero.
I wonder how much of Mac's bad decisions were really known in Washington when he left the PI - the lack of reaction of air forces, the failure to stock Bataan when it could have been done, etc. I'm certain his staff did everything they could to prevent this information getting back to higher ups, and I suspect by the time this was known (if it was during the war) Doug had already been placed on a pedestal and knocking him off was bad for morale. The USA needed heroes in 1942 after having the snot kicked out of them in the Pacific in the first 6 months of the war. IMHO a dead MacArthur as a martyr would do just as well...
BTW if the PT boat goes missing with no evidence ever found can you just image how the foil hat conspiracy folks will be still going on about how FDR or somebody made him disappear. Did he end up on some deserted islet and, like Amelia, waste away waiting for rescue? The possibilities are endless.
IMHO if Mac is killed on the way out, I expect there will be more of the "Dugout Doug" trope, possibly even "Bugout Doug". Yes we all know he was ordered out by FDR, but still. If Bulkley does not get killed, and the difference is Mac dies on the voyage...swept overboard, killed in a strafing attack, etc I would assume the book and film get made much as OTL. I expect, especially if killed in a strafing attack, that Mac gets a place in the pantheon, but much lower than OTL.
BTW if the PT boat goes missing with no evidence ever found can you just image how the foil hat conspiracy folks will be still going on about how FDR or somebody made him disappear. Did he end up on some deserted islet and, like Amelia, waste away waiting for rescue? The possibilities are endless.