https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_A._Johnson
Truman hated Marines going back to his days serving in WWI.
And when he couldn’t get Forrestal to slash and burn with the Navy and Marine budget he brought in Louis Johnson, arguably the worst Secretary of Defense this country ever had.
Wow. Thanks for that
Forrestal was an early anti-communist. Therefore, he was defenstrated.
yup, Louis Johnson is one of the most worthless and harmful people ever to serve in a high US govt. position.... ofc he was doing the bidding of Harry S Truman, who has been vastly over-rated so far in history, merely due to a few posturing slogans like “Give ‘em hell, Harry!”
So few citizens know how badly the Truman admin. gutted the military before Korea, leaving us highly vulnerable.