Gen. Korkas Oxi Day Award Recipient

The Washington Oxi Day Foundation announced that Greek WWII veteran and four-star Lieutenant General Konstantinos Korkas has been selected to receive the 2013 Oxi Day Greatest Generation Award, in recognition of his courageous service in World War II. Previous recipients of this award have included former U.S. Senate Majority Leader and presidential candidate Bob Dole, former Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Benjamin Gilman, Greek-American veterans Andrew Athens and Mike Cokinos, and Greek veterans Panagiotis Sakellaris and Antonios Kounalakis. Each year the Washington Oxi Day Foundation honors a Greek, Greek-American and American WWII veteran with this honor. Korkas spent his career serving in the Greek Army in multiple capacities earning numerous commendations for his valiant service. During World War II, Korkas participated in the 1941 Battle of Crete in Greece.

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