Berlin Exchange
Pictured, the Berlin Military Post shopping center, Truman Hall, 1948.
In the period that followed World War II, post exchanges opened throughout Germany to serve thousands of American GIs and their families moving to the area to help the country rebuild. In addition, Cold War military installations opened throughout Germany to deter Soviet aggression.
All of them had post exchanges, exchange-operated restaurants and other stores.
Food trucks from the Berlin Exchange brought sandwiches and drinks to the tarmacs to serve American pilots engaging in the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949.
Truman Hall opened in 1946, a modern and well-equipped exchange that provided a dining room for people and a cafeteria.
The hall was the first new building constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the American sector of post-World War II Berlin.
In the early 1950s, Americans modernized the building and expanded it into a shopping center. At its heart stood the post exchange.
The building was named after U.S. President Harry Truman. Ironically, President Truman was a military PX officer at a World War I camp in Oklahoma.
Undertreaties that enabled reunification of Germany, all non-German military forces were required to leave Berlin by 1994. The Berlin post exchange then closed.
Today, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service still operates major stores throughout Germany, including Wiesbaden, Ramstein AB, Grafenwoehr, and elsewhere.
Berlin Exchange
Pictured, the Berlin Military Post shopping center, Truman Hall, 1948.
In the period that followed World War II, post exchanges opened throughout Germany to serve thousands of American GIs and their families moving to the area to help the country rebuild. In addition, Cold War military installations opened throughout Germany to deter Soviet aggression.
All of them had post exchanges, exchange-operated restaurants and other stores.
Food trucks from the Berlin Exchange brought sandwiches and drinks to the tarmacs to serve American pilots engaging in the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949.
Truman Hall opened in 1946, a modern and well-equipped exchange that provided a dining room for people and a cafeteria.
The hall was the first new building constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the American sector of post-World War II Berlin.
In the early 1950s, Americans modernized the building and expanded it into a shopping center. At its heart stood the post exchange.
The building was named after U.S. President Harry Truman. Ironically, President Truman was a military PX officer at a World War I camp in Oklahoma.
Undertreaties that enabled reunification of Germany, all non-German military forces were required to leave Berlin by 1994. The Berlin post exchange then closed.
Today, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service still operates major stores throughout Germany, including Wiesbaden, Ramstein AB, Grafenwoehr, and elsewhere.