John Gillespie Magee (S&B 1906)

Ministry. Yale University. Skull and Bones. Freemason (based upon obelisk headstone)

American Episcopal Priest.

Best known for his work in Nanking as a missionary, and for the films and pictures he shot during the Nanking Massacre.[6]

A founder and Vice President, Yale Hope Mission.[2]

1946 - Attended the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, as a witness of the crimes committed in Nanjing.

1946 to 1953 - Minister to Episcopal Students at Yale and Fellow Jonathan Edwards College.[2]

WW2 - Chairman, International Red Cross, Nanking, China.[2]

13 Dec 1937 to Jan 1938 - Nanjing Massacre (6 weeks). 300,000 men, woman and children are estimated to have been killed without provocation . Atrocities included a large number of woman and children that were raped, tortured and mutilation.[7]

1906 - Graduated Yale, Skull and Bones Patriarch.[1]

Died 9 Sep 1953, from Not Known. Age 68.[4]

Note:

Brother … James McDevitt Magee (S&B 1899)

[1] - America’s Secret Establishment. An Introduction to the Order of Skull and Bones by Antony C. Sutton (2004)

[2] - Fleshing Out Skull & Bones - Investigations into America’s Most Powerful Secret Society 2008 by Antony Sutton, Howard Altman, Kris Millegan, Dr Ralph Bunch, Anton Chaitkin and Webster Griffin Tarpley

[3] - Skull and Bones Membership List by David Luhrssen

[4] - Yale Obituary - 1925/26 - Page 204

[5] - Youtube - Rare court footage: U.S. priest [John Gillespie Magee] testifies Nanjing Massacre

[6] - Article - ChinaDaily.com - US priest filmed atrocities of Japanese army during Nanjing Massacre

[7] - Youtube.com - Nanking Massacre:One of the darkest periods in Chinese history

[8] - Find a grave.com - John Gillespie Magee (S&B 1906)

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