Surely, you mean MacArthur, right?
Cheers, sure, who else would be the Grossest Feldherr Aller Zeiten - All American version in 1950?
In 1950 prior to the Korean War the US had a garrison in Japan with one weak corps of infantry on paper, but with limited and obsolete equipment.
For GroFAZ there's a number of tempting targets, such as Kuriles to block up any possibility of Soviet sub campaign, Kamchatka etc... Historically much of the equipment used by US and UN forces in Korea was repaired, or even produced, in Japan, providing the boost for Japanese industries. Japanese industrial production in 1950 was back to 1936 levels, although not back to wartime levels.
Neither would an American general be so suicidal as to propose rearming Japan on the grand scale less than a decade after Pearl Harbor, even assuming Japan was agreeable to risking several more Hiroshimas so soon.
Except, historically, the US did just this. SCAJAP organisation, already in existence prior to Korean War, provided much of the sealift for Korean campaign, Japanese manned much of the US minesweepers and after start of the Korean War an auxiliary police organisation, which had equipment like tanks, was formed. As for other measures, historically the US filled up ground formations during Korean War with KATUSA program, ie. enlisting SK Army personnel to serve in US ranks. As for the ultimate results of policies in this TL, the AmiGroFAZ won't be concerned, he's the Man of Destiny. What others may see as difficulties, he sees as opportunities on the march towards glory.
What's this about an evacuation of the Korean Penninsula?
Evacuation of US personnel and presumably some others was designated general war task for US 7th Fleet, IIRC, far before Korean War. Without US and international help the SK ability to resist a NK invasion would be, well, minimal. If you read my posts, you could see that obviously Korean War would not be permitted to start prior to general war.
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