Douglas MacArthur
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Douglas MacArthur was an American general. He served with distinction in World War I; as chief of staff of the United States Army from 1930 to 1935; as Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area, from
MacArthur in 1945
MacArthur as a student at West Texas Military Academy in the late 1890s
MacArthur was an engineer for the first 14 years of his military career. He received these golden castle pins as a gift upon graduation. He carried these pins with him for over 40 years and in 1945 gave them to Major General Leif J. Sverdrup, whom he thought more deserving to wear them. Sverdrup gave them to the Chief of Engineers in 1975. Every Chief of Engineers since then has worn MacArthur's pins.
Brigadier General MacArthur holding a riding crop at a French château, September 1918
Arthur MacArthur IV
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Arthur MacArthur IV is an American concert pianist and writer, and the only child of General Douglas MacArthur and Jean MacArthur. He is also the grandson of General Arthur MacArthur Jr.
Douglas MacArthur
…Freemasons. On 28 March 1936, he became a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Freemason. He married Jean Faircloth in a civil ceremony on 30 April 1937. Their son, Arthur MacArthur IV, was born in Manila on 21 February 1938. On 31 December 1937, MacArthur officially retired from the Army. He ceased to represent the U.S. as military…
MacArthur in 1950