Stuttgart Exchange
Pictured, the Stuttgart Exchange in Germany, 1953.
In the late 1940s after World War II as hundreds and thousands of U.S. troops and their families moved to Germany to help the country rebuild, dozens of military installations popped up on which they were based. Each installation, such as the U.S. Army Garrison at Stuttgart, had an exchange.
The installations also served as Cold War deterrents to Soviet aggression. For example, food trucks from the Berlin Exchange would deliver sandwiches and drinks to the tarmacs for American pilots participating in the Berlin Airlift of 1948-49.
As the Soviet Union crumbled in the late 1980s and early 1990s, many of the U.S. installations closed.
Today, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service still operates stores at Stuttgart, Ansbach, Ramstein AB and other major installations in Germany.
Stuttgart Exchange
Pictured, the Stuttgart Exchange in Germany, 1953.
In the late 1940s after World War II as hundreds and thousands of U.S. troops and their families moved to Germany to help the country rebuild, dozens of military installations popped up on which they were based. Each installation, such as the U.S. Army Garrison at Stuttgart, had an exchange.
The installations also served as Cold War deterrents to Soviet aggression. For example, food trucks from the Berlin Exchange would deliver sandwiches and drinks to the tarmacs for American pilots participating in the Berlin Airlift of 1948-49.
As the Soviet Union crumbled in the late 1980s and early 1990s, many of the U.S. installations closed.
Today, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service still operates stores at Stuttgart, Ansbach, Ramstein AB and other major installations in Germany.