Background
Kiriakopoulos, George Constantine was born on June 3, 1926 in Derby, Connecticut, United States. Son of Constantine Elias and Rose (Yerontakis) Kiriakopoulos.
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For four years, the people of Crete suffered savage punitive reprisals for their heroic resistance to the barbaric Nazi invaders. Thousands died at the execution wall or from starvation and imprisonment. But their freedom-loving spirit would not let them yield to the German conqueror. Instead, with the help of the British and American military personnel of the SOE and the OSS, they banded together to form a resistance movement against the Nazis that set an example for all the conquered people of Europe to follow. This is a story of the stark reality of human endeavor and sacrifice, marked by deeds of heroism of which little has been said and much less written. This is the true story of an American youth, John Alexander, who, upon his high school graduation in 1940, joined his parents and his sister on a vacation to the Island of Crete to visit his father's parents. The vacation on this beautiful Mediterranean island was overshadowed by the war that spread southward from the European continent to engulf Greece and subsequently Crete in the first airborne invasion of an island fortress in modern military history. After a ten-day, hard-fought battle against the German invader, Crete lay conquered. However, Cretan resistance was so fierce that with the battle concluded, the Nazi conqueror was intent on punishing the entire Cretan population. From the first day of the occupation, the people of Crete suffered savage punitive reprisals for their heroic resistance to the barbaric Nazi invaders. Death squads went from village to village, executing hostages at random and burning entire communities. Two thousand civilians died at the execution wall in the first month of occupation alone. John's father maintained his neutrality as an American citizen during the invasion and the occupation that followed. However, one night, John's father hid three escaped British stragglers in his home until they could be safely escorted to the southern coast for evacuation. The Gestapo found out, entered the Alexander home, killed John's father, and threw the youth into prison to die. John escaped and fled to the mountains, but swore vengeance on the murderer of his father. The people of Crete continued their resistance through the Cretan Resistance Movement and with the aid of British and American military personnel of the SOE and the OSS. They banded together to form a resistance movement against the Nazis that set an example for all the conquered people of Europe to follow. This is a story of the stark reality of human endeavor and sacrifice, marked by acts of heroism of which little has been said and much less written.
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This is the documented story, vividly retold, of one of the most important yet least acknowledged battles of World War II - the invasion of Crete in May, 1941.
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Kiriakopoulos, George Constantine was born on June 3, 1926 in Derby, Connecticut, United States. Son of Constantine Elias and Rose (Yerontakis) Kiriakopoulos.
Associate of Arts, U. Paris (France), 1947. Bachelor of Arts, Brooklyn College, 1950. Doctor of Dental Surgery, Columbia, 1954.
Private practice, Fort Lee, New Jersey, since 1955. Associate director, department dentistry St. Giles Hospital, Brooklyn, 1955—1960. Attending, department oral surgery Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City, 1956—1960, adjunct oral surgeon, 1960—1964.
Associate professor to professor, department pedodontics Columbia University, since 1956. Attending, department dentistry Presbyterian Hospital, since 1986. Member advisory committee to dean School Dental and Oral Surgery, Columbia University, New York City.
Member advisory committee Columbia Presbyterian Hospital Medical Center, New York City. With Army of the United States, 1943-1946.
(This is the documented story, vividly retold, of one of t...)
( For four years, the people of Crete suffered savage pun...)
Member of advisory committee Columbia Presbyterian Hospital Medical Center. Member of advisory commission to dean School Dental and Oral Surgery Columbia University. Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946.
Fellow Royal Society Health.
Member American Dental Association, American Association Hospital Dentists, New York State Dental Society, Columbia University Alumni Association, Psi Omega.
Married Virginia Demos, June 3, 1956. 1 child Stephanie.