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Archive Home > 2002 > March > 22 > G.I. Joe’s thriving at its Bend location

G.I. Joe’s thriving at its Bend location

Store has changed with the trends since 1979 opening here

By Lisa Rosetta / The Bulletin
March 22, 2002

In 1952, Army Air Corps pilot Edward Orkeny had an idea: buy 2,000 Army surplus mummy bags for $1.50 each, and resell them to the public for a profit.

Orkeny, recently home from the war-torn battlefields of Europe, quickly sold the mummy bags from a tent pitched on North Vancouver Avenue in....

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