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...Warner) were found on Japanese soldiers who died in Manila's walled city. They were detailed instructions from Imperial Headquarters for "the systematic massacre" of the city's civilians, children and women as well as men. This short color film, the work of Marine Captain David C. Griffin, is the record of the execution of these orders...
...Captain Griffin's record shows the 80% destruction of "the greatest Christian city in the Orient." It shows, still more dreadfully, the destruction wrought upon the mild, brave people who lived in it: children who were shot down as they prayed; gnarled stacks of bodies burned alive; people who were killed with their hands tied behind them; a bayoneted mother & child at the feet of the Virgin. It shows, among the living, bayonet wounds, and the agonized collapse of a woman who has been raped; and, in the faces of those physically untouched, wounds of the soul no less...
Toronto Starman Frederick Griffin reported that "a more terrible baptism [of fire] no new troops ever took, or took more splendidly." The Algonquin's commander said: "They were just as good as any reinforcements we have...
...members of the Harvard Outing Club's ski team will participate in the Dartmouth Winter Carnival Saturday and Sunday, February 3 and 4. Entered in the Giant Slalom to be held Saturday morning are Allan C. Butler, V-12; Gorald Y. Genn '48; Lawrence L. Griffin '48; and Thomas P. Grimley, NROTC. Saturday afternoon Alexander P. Coburn '48; Howard C. Nutting, V-12; Genn; and Griffin will take part in the 40 meter jump...
...canceled a projected trip to Mexico. A big Lancaster bomber flew him from Montreal to Britain (it was the first plane trip of his 60 years and he loved it). In London he stayed in a darkly elegant house behind Westminster Cathedral as the guest of Archbishop Bernard Griffin, called briefly on Canadian High Commissioner Vincent Massey and other officials. He had an audience with King George...