The crew members, Navy veterans from World War II, the Korean conflict and the Vietnam era, all served on amphibious ships of the same class. They also paid their own airfare to Greece. It was taken out of commission in 1946 and brought back into service in 1964 when it was rebuilt and then loaned to the Greek navy. It has remained in the Greek navy until recently when officials agreed to return it to the United States. The only reason that we're still here is that morale is good and we're determined to complete this.
Nobody wants to be the first to leave.
Jornlin is scheduled to meet with Greek officials again Monday, but he's not optimistic about the outcome. It'll be a catastrophe if they don't let us sail this thing home.