#FlashbackFriday: The Stories of Three Exchange Associates Who Had Been WWII POWs
For National POW/MIA Recognition Day, #FlashbackFriday looks back on the stories of Guy Charland, William…
Exchange History Articles
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Flashback Friday: 1983—The Exchange Comes to Honduras
On Sept. 13, 1983—41 years ago this weekend—a tactical field Exchange (TFE) opened in Comayagua,…
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#FlashbackFriday: The Exchange Responds After the 9/11 Attacks
Wednesday will mark the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Exchange associates worldwide offered support…
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#FlashbackFriday: The Exchange Officer Who Sang With the Metropolitan Opera
Lt. Col Arthur Kent, an Exchange officer assigned to the Fort Douglas Exchange in Utah…
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#FlashbackFriday: August 1898—Hawaii’s First Post Exchange Opens
“The Post Exchange forms quite a feature in the life of the soldier,” said a…
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#FlashbackFriday: 1993—Guam BX Boosts Morale After 8.1-Magnitude Quake
It was the strongest quake to hit the island in 84 years, and the strongest…
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#FlashbackFriday: 52 Years Ago, a ‘Gunfighter BX’ Fell—and Rose Again—in Vietnam
Fifty-two years ago this weekend, on Aug. 3, 1974, an enemy rocket attack destroyed an…
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#FlashbackFriday: Going for the Gold With Olympics Connections in Exchange History
From the Exchange Post archives, a look at Exchange family connections to the Olympics as…
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#FlashbackFriday: Blasting Off Through the Exchange’s Connections to the Space Program
From a 1950s commander whose son was a pioneering astronaut to modern-day clothing with the…
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#FlashbackFriday: We Go Where You Go—The Exchange in Thailand
The Exchange operated in Thailand during the Vietnam War. Elephants, Santa and an astronaut visited.
