 Pashure pokunge Johnson azivisa nezvokubviswa kwechikepe chematani 65 000 chakanga chichivakwa uye tariro yeNavy yokupinda mumibato yedenga yenyukireya, pasina kubvunza Dhipatimendi reNavy kana kuti Congress, Munyori weNavy John L. Sullivan akangoerekana asiya basa, achitanga Kupandukira kweVakuru Vechikepe. Muna June 1949, House Committee on Armed Services yakatanga kuferefeta mhosva dzokupara mhosva muhofisi dzaSecretary Johnson. Kunyange zvazvo pakupedzisira akachenurwa pamhosva ipi neipi, kutsiura kwedare reCongress kwakaderedza simba raJohnson nemauto uye naPurezidhendi Truman, uye kuderedzwa kushoma kwakatevera kwakaitwa. Mushure mekudzikisa kwake kwakakomba kwakaguma nemauto asina kusimba kuti aite zvinobudirira mumazuva ekutanga eHondo yeKorea, Johnson akasiya basa musi wa19 Gunyana 1950, achitsiviwa naGeorge Marshall. Nenzira inosetsa, maMarines, sorutivi rwomubatanidzwa wamarudzi ose ane uto reU.S. rechinomwe iro rakapararira, uye rakaita mubato wamarudzi ose paInchonpakatanga hondo. 