Antonios Markos Kounalakis, served as a member of the Cretan Resistance Freedom Fighters under the direction of both Cretan and British generals from 1941 to 1945 along with his three brothers. The first meeting for the formation of the National Resistance of Greece took place in June, 1941 at their home in Vrises, Apokoronou, Crete.   Antonios served in the resistance throughout the war, delivering key intelligence throughout Crete and abroad to allies in Egypt.  He is proud of his fellow Cretans, men and women, who fought hand in hand for their freedom and for the freedom of all mankind. He is the father of Markos and Diane Kounalakis and father-in-law of U.S. Ambassador to Hungary Eleni Tsakopoulos.