March 25, 1958: The Technical Services Reserve Officer's School
on Parade in Patras: The three men in the front row are all classmates
from the National Technical University of Athens. "D.D." is
Demos Daskalakis, "A.G." Antony Grammaticos and "T.P."
yours truly. Daskalakis later married a cousin of mine. Grammaticos earned
a Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania and followed an academic career
in Greece. — We may present impressive military posture but we did
the best of a bad situation. The rifles are British Lee-Enfields, Wolrd
War I vintage. (Large Size Version) |