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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jwt708, post: 2399500, member: 32619&quot;]In Vietnam they went to military payment certificates to replace US dollars and change but that didn&#039;t happen until 1970 (I may be off on the year...but it&#039;s close). Tokens were still used to operate the machines and to act as credit. Also with the clubs extending credit using the tokens they were trying to discourage spending off base. The Air Force made massive amounts during the Cold War era and I can only speculate why. I think part of it is because during the early years of the Cold War the Air Force was the largest it has ever been - 1954-1957 the Air Force had over 900,000 people in it. &#039;58-&#039;67 end strength numbers were in the 800,000s and crept back up to 900,000 in &#039;68 then a steady decline ever since with the exception of this year where we&#039;re going back up to 317,000.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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