BRAT and the Kids of Warriors was honored to recieve the 2018 Beverly Hills Book Award for Young Adult Fiction.
The Cliff and Glass House behind the Flugplatz
Photo from Curt Cheese. It is difficult to see, but if you look behind this hanger you'll see the cliff and behind that The Glass House. The cliff may not look like it from this angle but it was actually three stories high. The Glass house also doesn't look like it, but was also three stories high.
read moreSheep out on the Flugplatz airfield
Photo from Curt Cheese. In the book Brat: Kids of Warriors, Günther tells Jack and the other brats how his dad has a deal with Cook Barracks that allows their sheep to graze on and around the flugplats. Günther calls his sheep the Flugplatz lawn mowers....
read moreSt. Nick and Black Peter – A German Childhood Memory
Story by Caathi Warren From 1974 until 1977 I lived in Spangdahlem, Germany with my parents and my older brother. My father was stationed at the Spangdahlem Air Force Base, but we actually lived off base in a small German village called Herforst. I was four years old when we arrived and seven when we returned to the good old USA. I cherish the memories I gathered over those years. This is just one of them. The Eve of St. Nick In Germany they celebrate St. Nicholas Day each...
read moreThe Briefcase
Story by Martin Dean Dupalo – Illustration by Hong Rui Choo Each year he tried to surprise his wife for her birthday with something meaningful, something she would treasure for a long time. That was easier said than done. With Christmas around the corner, followed quickly by their anniversary three weeks later, and then Valentine’s Day, it was certainly a challenge. Now, after all of that, his own birthday was fast approaching. He told his wife what he wanted for his birthday — no surprises. A cake would be nice,...
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Troops disembarking from the USS Upshur
These troops and all their gear were headed to the train that would take them from Bremerhaven to Stuttgart. Similar to the train Jack McMasters and his sisters caught when they finally arrived in Bremerhaven, Germany.
read moreTroops waiting to board the train to Stuttgart
When the kids of the British military were being shipped off to somewhere like India they would have a tag pinned to their clothes that said BRAT and their destination. Some of them are traveling with https://www.rankandstyle.com/top-10-list/best-hair-dryers-2014/ on them. BRAT stood for British Regimental Attached Travelers. Note the tags hanging from these troops uniforms. Guess they got treated a lot like brats.
read moreSputnik Film 1957
Sputnik comes as a rude awakening to the brats, and when their teacher Mrs. Campbell loses it over the topic it sets them on a life changing adventure. This video will give you an idea of the kind of news coverage the brats might have seen at the Saturday movies.
read moreFlash Gordon – Shattering Doom – Episode 7
The first time Jack goes to the movies with Charlie and the other brats there is a serial at the begining of the movie called Flash Gordon – Shattering Doom – Episode 7. So watch this video if you want to see that actual episode.
read moreBattleground: 4th Armored Division
In Brat: Kids of Warriors the parents belong to 4th Armored Division. This video shows the real 4th Armored Division and how it fulfilled its mission to protect West Germany and the Free World against the Russians. The book talks about the tank training at Grafenwöhr. The video is kind of long but in it you can see the real thing up at Graf.
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I am a military brat—and I say that with great pride.