Anonymous ID: 6b5904 June 5, 2019, 2:43 p.m. No.6680118   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0163

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"In March 1936, Brother Douglas MacArthur received the Fourth through the Thirty-second Degrees, culminating on March 28, 1936, with the Master of the Royal Secret in Gaumata Consistory, Philippines.

 

"On December 8, 1947, at the American Embassy in Japan, the Thirty-third Degree was conferred on Brother MacArthur by Illþ Frederick H. Stevens, 33ø, Deputy of The Mother Supreme Council, 33ø, in the Philippines. Brother Stevens had conferred the First Degree on Brother MacArthur in 1936.

 

"A significant contribution to Masonry occurred in 1947 when Supreme Commander MacArthur requested permission from the Japanese government to allow Japanese nationals to join Masonic Lodges. The Grand Lodge of the Philippines in 1947 instituted the first Lodge at the Yokosuka Naval Base and later three Lodges in Tokyo. The Ritual was translated into Japanese for Lodges of Japanese nationals. "

 

sauce: https://araratshrine.com/history/famous/macarthur/