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Hundreds of tents stretch out on the plains near Fier, Albania, as the U.S. builds the tent city of Camp Hope on May 23, 1999, as part of Operation Sustain Hope. Sustain Hope is the U.S. effort to bring in food, water, medicine, relief supplies, and to establish camps for the refugees fleeing from the Former Republic of Yugoslavia. The Department of Defense is constructing Camp Hope to house up to 20,000 refugees.

Hundreds of tents stretch out on the plains near Fier, Albania, as the U.S. builds Camp Hope.

Hundreds of tents stretch out on the plains near Fier, Albania, as the U.S. builds the tent city of Camp Hope on May 23, 1999, as part of Operation Sustain Hope. Sustain Hope is the U.S. effort to bring in food, water, medicine, relief supplies, and to establish camps for the refugees fleeing from the Former Republic of Yugoslavia. The Department of Defense is constructing Camp Hope to house up to 20,000 refugees.

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