jerryc41 wrote:
When I was a kid in the 1950s, we had a couple of "Surplus" stores near us. WW II had recently ended, and these stores sold surplus. As I got older, they were no longer selling surplus - just military-related items. The name remained while the merchandise changed.
We still had a true Surplus store in town. One of my good friends owned it, but he passed away last year, behind the register and I'm not sure what happen to it. But he would have the old boots and other real surplus stuff plus current items like boonie hats etc.