Flashback Friday
More than 300 people stood in line for the grand opening, with Exchange Commander Maj. Gen. Kathryn Frost helping cut the ribbon
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Raymond D. Conner was a World War I Veteran who started working for the Exchange after answering a newspaper ad. When he retired, he was the Exchange’s longest-serving associate.
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In honor of the first Exchange-run Dunkin’ Donuts opening 22 years ago, Flashback Friday looks at some Dunkin’ locations at Excange around the world.
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The “We Go Where You Go” spirit continued as Reforger became an annual exercise that lasted until 1993. Here are some photos of Exchange support through the years.
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The former president, who passed away Dec. 29, made a few Exchange stops during and after his presidency.
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In the late 1990s, concerns arose about how computers would react to a year represented numerically as “00.” The Exchange began preparing for Y2K more than two years before the year 2000 happened.
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Sixty-one years ago this month, the Exchange closed its operations in Morocco, where it had operated stores since World War II.
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This Saturday, Dec. 7, is the 83rd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Flashback Friday took a look in Exchange Post archives for connections to the Exchange—and found stories about a few survivors among past Exchange associates. Pictured above is damage inflicted on Hickam Field by Japanese bombers. The post exchange at Hickam…
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Today is the 61st anniversary of the president’s assassination, inspiring this look at Exchange activity with a link to him,
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The space-themed grand opening coincided with a holiday theme. Both themes coincided with howling winds and freezing temperatures, neither of which could stop customers from checking out the new store, which replaced facilities that dated to World War II.
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