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    Fact or fiction: What do you know about your commissary benefit? [Image 2 of 3]

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    Fact or fiction: What do you know about your commissary benefit?

    FORT LEE, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES

    01.14.1943

    Photo by Kevin Robinson 

    Defense Commissary Agency

    Army Capt. and Mrs. R.M. Hood shop during the grand opening of the Fort Myer, Virginia, store in January 1943. Although DeCA was formed in 1991, the modern era of sales commissaries actually began in 1867. It was then that enlisted men received the same at-cost purchasing privileges officers had already enjoyed for four decades. From the start, commissaries were meant to allow the Army to “care for its own.” The stores provided wholesome food beyond official rations, and the savings supplemented military pay. (Photo courtesy National Archives)

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    Date Taken: 01.14.1943
    Date Posted: 03.26.2015 18:11
    Photo ID: 1839962
    VIRIN: 150326-A-ZW947-002
    Resolution: 4728x3784
    Size: 1.55 MB
    Location: FORT LEE, VIRGINIA, US

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