Griffin, Elizabeth Gordan.
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Elizabeth "Lizzie" Gordan Griffin of Elizabeth City, N. C., was an Episcopalian missionary to the Philippine Islands. She was working in Manila in 1942 when she was interned by the Japanese army. Griffin was one of approximately 7,000 non-combatant Allied citizens confined as civilian internees throughout World War II at Camps Santo Tomas and Los Banos in Manila. After the war, Griffin resumed her work in the Philippines. Upon her retirement in 1955, she moved to New Bern, N.C.
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World War, 1914-1918
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