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George C. Karakitsos
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Staff Sergeant
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2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion
Date of Death:
0000-00-00
State:
North Carolina
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George C. Karakitsos was born in 1917. He enlisted in the Army on November 18, 1941 in North Carolina. George 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.