Word: eglin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shape new lives for themselves in the U.S. The sudden influx forced Florida Governor Bob Graham to declare a state of emergency in Monroe and Dade counties-the area stretching from Key West to Miami-and led the U.S. Government to start airlifting refugees from Key West to Eglin Air Force Base in northwest Florida. There a makeshift tent city that will eventually be capable of housing 10,000 refugees was under construction...