When World War II ended with the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan and the unconditional capitulation on 15 August 1945, the U.S. soldiers were sent home.
The materials, vehicles, ammunition and other that should have been used in the attack on Japan's main islands, were mostly lying in the Pacific islands, as it would cost more to ship them back to the US.
When the Korean War began on 25 June 1950 with the attack from North Korea across the 38th parallel into South Korea, the U.S. military in Japan was working on a roll-up of these materials and more.
For this many Japanese companies were used. With everything that was stored in the United States, it gave the United States a great logistical advantage in the war in Korea.
Though this material was not stored under ideal conditions, it was relatively easy to make much of it into usable condition.
In the island of Okinawa, thousands of vehicles, aircraft and all sorts of military equipment were deem too expensive to repair or just keep and were destroyed, in an operation that lasted for almost 3 years.
This series of photos is from the archives of LIFE magazine (check link above) and are dated 1949.
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