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Last Greek hero of Normandy landing dies at age 95

Greece's last survivor of the World War II Normandy landing, Captain Grigoris Pavlakis, has died. He was 95.

The Crete-born Hellenic Navy officer took part in the biggest allied push against Germany as chief officer of the corvette Kriezis, one of six Greek ships based in Egypt that participated in the campaign.