“The Best Seat in the House”

About the Book

“Wow! What a wonderful man. Thank you for the opportunity to join you the other night to hear some of his tales. We hadn’t met Achi before, and his spark is amazing! It is astonishing to me that he had all different ages totally tuned in to his stories.” Sandy Muller “This one is a very well-written vivid narration that captivates the wholeness of the reader and like a time machine transfers you to the heroic era of the men who were determined to survive and win.” Nikolas Vafiadis, War Correspondent and Anchorman, Antenna, Athens Greece

About the Author

Achilles Kozakis was born in Lynn Massachusetts on October 19, 1923. Determined to serve his country, he volunteered and enlisted as an Army Air-Corp Cadet Candidate in January, 1944. He graduated from aerial gunnery school located in Laredo. Texas, June of 1944. Completed Transistion Combat Crew training in September 1944, served in the European and Mediterranean Theater of Operations (ETO & MTO) as a nose gunner, B-24 heavy bomber, in the Emerson nose turret. He completed his tour of duty, 35 missions and 54 sorties in April of 1945. Upon his return to Zone of Interior (ZI), he was admitted to England General Hospital, located Atlantic City, New Jersey for wounds received in combat. He spent ten months in three Army General Hospitals for treatment and rehabilitation. Mr. Kozakis received his honorable discharge at Brooke General Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, May 1946.