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GA HR1593
Resolution
Status
Passed
6/18/2020
Primary Sponsor
Mike Cheokas
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AI Summary
- Recognizes and honors James Nicholas Chotas ("Mimi"), a Georgian of Greek immigrant parentage who volunteered for the U.S. Navy at age 17 in November 1940, serving as a Radioman Third Class on the submarine U.S.S. Grayback in the Pacific Theater during World War II
- The U.S.S. Grayback was credited with sinking 14 ships totaling 63,835 tons before being struck by a 500-pound Japanese bomb on February 26, 1944, during its tenth war patrol, killing Chotas and the entire crew
- The submarine was classified as lost in action from 1944 until June 4, 2019, when researchers located the wreck in Japanese waters off the coast of Okinawa, 75 years later
- Chotas's father, Nicholas D. Chotas, was a founder and first national president of AHEPA, a Greek-American service organization founded in Atlanta in 1922
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide copies of the resolution to the surviving members of the Chotas family
Legislative Description
Chotas, James Nicholas; commend
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
6/18/2020
Full Bill Text
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