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If the Korean War had not started in 1950 when would MacArthur have returned to civilian life for the second time? ( he officially retired in 1937 to become Field Marshal of the Philippine Army but was recalled in 1941 by President Roosevelt). Would he have retired after the occupation of Japan officially ended in 1952?
If the Korean War still goes as OTL and somehow MacArthur kept his mouth shut in the press and isn't relieved by President Truman in 1951 would he have remained in command until the end of the war in 1953? He then retires then or was a plan to replace him through a normal change of command: Maybe Omar Bradley wanted to send a younger General Officer to Korea anyway and MacArthur is sent back to Japan to oversee the transition of the occupation ending (but really he is being set up to retire gracefully).