Paul A. Chapas was born in Spokane city, Washington on February 15, 1915. He was the son of Paul Chapas from Thessaloniki, Greece (15/4/1888) and Cora Virginia Bullock. Paul immigrated to the United States and settled in Washington state. Like many Greeks he engaged in the restaurant business and through hard work he managed to have his own, the well-known Richelieu Café in Seattle. When World War II erupted Paul tried to enter the United States Army Air Force (USAAF), however by January 1942 he was only a month away from being too old to qualify. For that reason, he turned for help to the reporters of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper. The reporters launched a campaign to catch the attention of the military decision-makers. According to....

 

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