The Army Drives Thru McDonald's

 #110 November 13:  This weekend we celebrate Veteran’s Day.  Besides keeping our country safe, the military also gave us McDonald’s Drive-thru. The drive-thru has become ubiquitous and sometimes controversial. McDonald’s drive-thru window was added so that members of the armed forces could drive up and get their burgers.  In 1975, military personnel were not allowed to go into public places in uniform, so the drive-thru let them get their burger without changing clothes.  The first one was in Sierra Vista Arizona near the Mexican border and Fort Huachuca.  It was so successful by 1979 more than half of McDonald’s 5000 locations featured them and today 70% of McDonald’s sales come from their drive-thru windows, used by both civilians and the military alike.  I remember when McD’s came to Columbia in the ’60s.  I could have sworn it had a drive-thru then, but maybe not.  11/10

You can tell these pictures are from the original 1975 McDonalds from the big arches and they had only sold 6 billion. Here is that McDonald's today.  And they are featuring 99-cent burgers!