The FIRST time a sitting US-President to visit Albania!
Photo: Eric Draper – June 10, 2007
George W. Bush is covered with the hands of Albanians has he’s greeted with an outpouring of welcome Sunday, June 10, 2007, during a stop in Fushe Kruje. The stop marked the first time a sitting U.S. president has visited the country.
[ Source: NAC, USA – Retrieved: Nov, 2018 – S. Guraziu ]
well… we’ve got the “1st time” for almost everything, but in this photo the “1st time” isn’t the reason why Albanians love him so much 🙂
Kryqi i Kuq Amerikan – Refugjatët nga Elbasani, 1918
“Në Leskovac, Serbi, anëtarët e Kryqit të Kuq Amerikan i panë refugjatët e parë shqiptarë. Refugjatët qenë larguar nga fshati Elbasan në Maj të 1918, dhe u dërguan në Jagodina, Serbi, nga bullgarët dhe austriakët, të cilët kishin shkatërruar fshatin Elbasan. Refugjatëve u mungonte veshja dhe ushqimi. Ata kishin ndenjur në këtë kasolle për gjashtë ditë, gjatë së cilës kohë pesë ose gjashtë prej tyre kishin vdekur. Kryqi i Kuq e zbuloi një grua që kishte vdekur gjatë lindjes së fëmijës pa vëmendjen mjekësore”.
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Havoc of War – Refugees – Serbia – At Lescowatz, Serbia, The American Red Cross members saw their first Albanian refugees
Subject: World War, 1914-1918
Original Caption: At Lescowatz, Serbia, The American Red Cross members saw their first Albanian refugees. They had left the village of Elbassan in May 1918 and were sent to Jagodina, Serbia, by Bulgarians and Austrians, who had destroyed the village of Elbassan. The refugees were lacked clothing and nourishment. They had been in this hut for six days during which time five or six had died. The Red Cross discovered a woman who had died in child birth without medical attention.
Date Taken: 12/2/1918
Photographer: American Red Cross
[ Burimi: National Archives Catalog, USA – Retrieved: (Edited) Nov, 2018 – S. Guraziu ]
Operation “Sustain Hope”, 1999
Photo: Brian Mcfadden – Elabason Refugee Camp, Tirana (5 Maj 1999)
Aerial of Elabason refugee camp as it is being built. HM-15 is currently embarked on USS INCHON which is operating in the Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea, supporting Operation Sustain Hope, a joint, combined NATO and U.S. military humanitarian relief effort in conjunction with civilian relief agencies.
Operation Sustain Hope is bringing relief to thousands of refugees created from the recent unrest in the Kosovo region.
[ Burimi: NAC, USA – Retrieved: Nov, 2018 – S. Guraziu ]
Photo: Michael Ayers, 1999
US First Lady Hillary Rodham-Clinton and USAF Colonel Felix Grieder – he shows her how the humanitarian relief meals ready to eat (MRE), are packed before processing and shipping to the Kosovo refugees
Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, USA, 4/9/1999
[ Burimi: NAC, USA – Retrieved: Nov, 2018 – S. Guraziu ]
Joint Task Force “Shining Hope”, 1999
Photo: Efrain Gonzalez, May 31, 1999, Tirana, Albania
US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Dan Comer (Air Traffic Controller) coordinates an approach as an aircraft enters final into Tirana International Airport, Albania, on May 31st, 1999. US and Allied Forces are deployed to Albania in support of Joint Task Force Shining Hope.
[ Source: NAC, USA – Retrieved: Nov, 2018 – S. Guraziu ]
Operation “Open Arms”, 1999
Photos: Bob Knight Jr. – May 5, 1999
1 – Kosovo refugee children depart from their chartered plane at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. Fort Dix is their next stop.
2 – US First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks over a microphone to the assembled Kosovo refugees in the Welcome Center at Fort Dix, New Jersey, May 5, 1999
[ Source: NAC, USA – Retrieved: Nov, 2018 – S. Guraziu ]
Operation “Open Arms”, 1999
Photo: Bob Knight Jr. – May 12, 1999
A poster, Fort Dix, New Jersey – In the center are a group of Kosovo refugees. The logo was a joint effort of the TSC graphics and photo departments and was placed on walls and podiums as a visual of the Joint Task Force (JTF) mission.
[ Source: NAC, USA – Retrieved: Nov, 2018 – S. Guraziu ]
Operation “Open Arms”, 1999
Photo: Keith Dillon, Base Fort Dix, New Jersey (NJ) – July 9, 1999
During “Provide Refugee” the Joint Task Force (JTF) was prepared to receive, house and process up to 20,000 ethnic Albanian refugees. The refugee village was set up in the old brigade area of Fort Dix.
In the photo, some of the few remaining Kosovo refugees sit in the audience along with soldiers, civilian employees and volunteers… They gathered during the closing ceremony that marks the end of the Joint Task Force (JTF) mission Operation “Provide Refugee” held at the Welcome Center in the “Freedom Village”.
[ Source: NAC, USA – Retrieved: Nov, 2018 – S. Guraziu ]
