Despina Achladioti was a Greek patriot born on the island of Kastellórizo in 1893. Before the start of World War II, in which her home island was ravaged repeatedly, Achladioti sailed with her husband and mother to the nearby deserted island of Rho where they lived off of a few goats, chickens, and a vegetable garden. Her two companions died only years after the arrival, and Achladioti personally rowed her mother's remains back to Kastellórizo for burial. Kastellórizo (Greek:Καστελλόριζο) or Meis in Turkish, is a small Greek island placed in the Eastern Mediterranean at location . ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... Rho is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea near Kastellórizo and less than 800 m from the Turkish coast. ... Underwater funeral in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea from an edition with drawings by Alphonse de Neuville and Edouard Riou. ...

Achladioti's most renowned deed is that every day she would fly a Greek flag over the island. This made her a Greek hero, especially when Greece nearly went to war with Turkey in the 1970s, because the flag would be easily visible from Turkish soil. She raised the flag every day, regardless of the weather, from the time she arrived on the island until her death in 1982 at the age of 89. Despite not having veteran status, she was buried on the island with full military honors. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1971 to 1980, inclusive. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hoe can you let me edit this For most of history, states did not have any fixed standing army. ...

A Greek military unit is now based on the island, with the main duty of keeping the tradition of raising the flag.

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