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James Antonakis
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Technician 5th Grade
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2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion
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2008-08-28
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James Antonakis was born in 1918 in Somerville, Massachusetts. He married Rose Fotos on June 27, 1940, in Seabrook, New Hampshire. He enlisted in the Army on May 26, 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts. James was one of the Greek-American volunteers who served in Company C, 2671 Special Reconnaissance Battalion, an OSS operational group. This "Greek Battalion" aided the Greek armed resistance in 1944 in their fight against the occupying and then withdrawing German Army. He died on August 26, 2008, at the age of 90 but his current burial place is unknown.
Source of information: www.ancestry.com, http://wwii-enlistment.com