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After the war, soldiers Glenn Miller and Howard Cruver realized the potential of a thriving business and began equipping Alaskans with military surplus cold weather equipment, including boots, pants, and coats . In 2015, all stores started operating under the name Big Ray's. In 1947, Miller, Mike, and their friend Howard Kluffer began selling surplus goods in their new Army-Navy Surplus Store on Anchorage Fourth Avenue. Big Ray and Glenn Miller were preparing to sell Big Ray's when checks from Richfield Petroleum Corporation (later called ARCO) began to arrive in 1961. The Krize brothers started bartending and soon bought their own bar and managed to somehow buy the lower end of Second Avenue from Cap Lathrop. There are markets that Miller and Mac can provide. Rostad said that the company is "about Alaska development, loyal customers, Millers, Cverss, McManamins, Raykovichs, Kreuz Krizes) and now Rostad's story.