Douglas MacArthur and the Masonic Connection

General Douglas MacArthur was a 33rd-degree Scottish Rite Freemason and served as Grand Master of the Philippines. During the occupation of Japan after WWII, several Japanese military officers who were Freemasons before the war (the Japanese military suppressed Masonic lodges in 1940) reportedly reached out to MacArthur through Masonic channels. MacArthur himself reportedly protected several Masonic organizations in Japan during the occupation. His Masonic ring was a personal item he never removed.