After the August 1953 earthquake rocked the Ionian Islands in Greece, Dexion donated 20,000 feet of its product for new housing (a prototype house was designed within three weeks). "Operation Ulysses" attracted worldwide attention, including an article in Time magazineThe Great Frame-Up. Time, 23 November 1953 – reproduced at http://www.kythera-family.net/index.php?nav=5-56&hits=20&did=11001 (accessed: 14 February 2012) and British Pathe newsreels.Operation Ulysses – http://www.britishpathe.com/video/dexion-houses/query/dexion and http://www.britishpathe.com/video/new-homes-for-quake-victims (both accessed: 17 February 2012) Dexion made a similar gesture following the 1963 Skopje earthquake, providing Dexion building frame materials to enable 49 Royal Engineers to build 1560 dwellings, enough for two complete villages, one of which was nicknamed Dexiongrad.The New Yorker, 17 October 1964Davis Ian (1977) "Emergency Shelters", Disasters: the international journal of disaster relief, vol 1, no 1, p.27 Comino was appointed OBE in 1963 for services to industry.
