Pleased to join the Greek Community today at the USS Slater to celebrate Oxi Day, a day honoring Greeces courageous resistance during WWII. In 1940, Mussolini delivered an ultimatum to Greece’s Prime Minister demanding the entry of the Italian army into Greece and the occupation of Greek territory. The Prime Minister refused. His response was quickly echoed by the people of Athens as “Oxi,” meaning “No.” The USS SLATER has a special connection to the people of Greece. In 1951 the ship was transferred to the Hellenic Navy and renamed AETOS (pronounced ī-tōs), meaning “eagle.” It completed hundreds of reconnaissance missions and training cruises for naval cadets over a 40 year career. After it was decommissioned in 1991, a group of destroyer escort sailors negotiated the SLATER’s return to the United States as a museum ship in 1993.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 16:30:53 +0000
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