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The First Army PX, Vancouver, WA - Opened on Nov. 29, 1880... yes, 1880... the Vancouver Barracks Post Exchange Shoppette was the first store of its kind—a haven for servicemen and veterans to shop at deeply discounted prices. The original PX that served as the prototype for the thousands of post exchanges that now exist around the world may disappear, as the Army is planning to close it because it is leaving the base area the PX is on in the fall, 2011. Typically, Army rules say that if the military leaves an area, the associated PX is supposed to go away as well. It will take a special ruling by the Secretary of Defense to keep Vancouver’s historic PX in place, said officials with the Army & Air Force Exchange Service. The Vancouver Barracks store—stacked high with snack food and sundries, along with liquor at 10 percent off Washington state prices—draws $300,000 in sales in a busy month. Click picture to see full size. Photo by Troy Wayrynen, staff, www.columbian.com.

Ferryville, Tunisia, 1943 - American Quartermaster Corpsman John Ralford demonstrating how well the wooden barber chair which he designed works while shaving a soldier under the watchful eye of a potential victim at this WWII PX. Click picture to see full size. Photo by Margret Bourke-White

Seoul City Command PX, 1952 - An evening shot taken during the Korean War on Christmas Eve, 1952. The building is now the Sin-se-kye department store. Click picture to see full size.

Phu Lam PX - 1967. Click picture to see full size. 

Chu Lai: Chu Lai PX, Vietnam - 1967. If you can read backwards, you will be able to see on the left side of the entrance portico a sign that spells "Kwiki." I wonder what they were selling there? Click picture to see full size.

Tokyo: Grant Heights PX, Tokyo, Japan - 1957. Click picture to see full size.

Yongsan: Main PX building on the US Eighth Army Compound, Yongsan Garrison North Post, Seoul City, in 1967. Photo is from the collection/archive of John Mantell. Note what appears to be a 1966 Plymouth Fury in center right of picture.

Qui Nhon: Entrance to the Qui Nhon Post Exchange - 1968. Photo courtesy of Michael S. Copper, Company D, 40th Signal Battalion. Mike served in Qui Nhon, An Khe,
Phu Tai and Chu Lai... from ' 67 - ' 69 (click picture to see full size).

Pleiku: By the looks of this place, some of the boys in the 4th ID had it good. Even that REMF sauntering across the PSP coated parking lot makes me think life in Pleiku couldn't have been all that bad. Shucks, I remember being on a signal site for 4 months and never seeing anything more than left over care packages, never mind grass in front of the PX. This is the Camp Enari Post Exchange, circa 1969 (4th Infantry Division, Pleiku Province, Pleiku). According to the photographer, “As I remember the rather large parking area was almost always empty, as were the shelves inside. I did order a bunch of stereo equipment through this place for direct shipment home." Photograph by Bill Lathan, Jr., former 4th ID Band Member. All kidding aside, the 4th ID saw some of the toughest fighting there was. They saved many of our Signal butts. To see an excellent collection of‘ 68 - ’ 69 ‘ Nam photos by Bill, click here. For those of you that are interested in where the name of the camp came from, it started out as a typical Army SNAFU, but ended up with a worthy warrior having the camp named after him, and winning a posthumous Silver Star along the way. God rest Lieutenant Enari's patriotic soul. He may not have been Signal, but there, by grace of God, we all might have gone. Click here to read his story. It's a great read (click picture to see full size)