Blind to Misfortune - Reminiscence Author:Bill Griffiths, Hugh Popham Bill Griffiths lost his sight and both hands as a prisoner of the Japanese in Java in 1942. Despite these handicaps, he was determined not to spend the rest of his life in a home for the disabled. This is his story, as told to Hugh Popham, author of "Into the Wind" and "A Thirst for the Sea".