Greek American unit World War I

Greek American unit World War I

Tarpon Springs, Greek community, Greek American

This group of Greek American soldiers served in a single unit during World War I with Pantelis Peronis (1893-1953), who is the second from the left. Peronis came to the U.S. before 1910, worked as a sponge diver, and raised a family of six children with his wife Belia. He had to cease his dangerous job as a diver and turn to other work after he fell victim to decompression sickness, also known as the bends.

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Magdaline Peronis Tiliakos & Nellie Peronis Tiliakos

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