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American Military Might: Armored Combat Power

Posted by admin on Aug 9, 2015 in Video | 0 comments

In Brat: Kids of Warriors when the kids first arrive in Germany they stay in a medieval castle where they see a knight’s armor. In that scene Queenie tells Lt. Col. McMasters that because he is a tanker he is a modern day knight. This video does a good job showing you the transition from a medieval knight’s suit of armor to modern tank warfare. Looks like Queenie might have been correct. Early on Charlie tells Jack that his family had been stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and that his father Lt. Col. Carron had been...

The PX at Cook Barracks

Posted by admin on Aug 4, 2015 in Cooke Barracks, Photos | 2 comments

This is where Kevin Duncan would go to get his resupply of Bazuka Bubble Gum.

Hanger down at the Flugplatz

Posted by admin on Aug 4, 2015 in Cooke Barracks, Photos | 0 comments

Photo from Art Stoike Can't you just picture Jack McMasters running into Kerrigan's sidekick Tony Keech when he trying to find Ryan.

The Nazi pillbox in the woods behind The Glass House

Posted by admin on Aug 4, 2015 in Cooke Barracks, Photos | 0 comments

Photo from Ralf Stumpf. In the book BRAT: Kids of Warriors, this was the location of the great Cowboy and Indian war. You are seeing the pillbox from the front, but from behind it was almost impissible to spot.

Back stairs down into the Nazi Pillbox

Posted by admin on Aug 4, 2015 in Cooke Barracks, Photos | 0 comments

Photo from Ralf Stumpf.   In Brat: Kids fo Warriors these are the stairs Queenie came out of when the Indians were attacking.

Nazi Foxhole

Posted by admin on Aug 4, 2015 in Cooke Barracks, Photos | 0 comments

Photo from Ralf Stumpf.   Both for Jack McMasters and for us real brats there were many WWII foxholes in the woods behing The Glass House.

Nazi bullets found by WWII foxhole

Posted by admin on Aug 4, 2015 in Cooke Barracks, Photos | 0 comments

Photo from Ralf Stumpf. We were always finding some kind of munitions out in the woods at Cooke Barracks.

Nazi anti-aircraft shells

Posted by admin on Aug 4, 2015 in Cooke Barracks, Photos | 0 comments

Photo from Ralf Stumpf.   In Brat: Kids of Warriors Charlie Carron shows Jack McMasters a Flakabteirung Soldaten anti-aircraft he found in the woods behind The Glass House. These shells were found there, too.

Main Gate in the Winter

Posted by admin on Aug 4, 2015 in Featured | 0 comments

Little Bird – the OH-13

Posted by admin on Aug 4, 2015 in Flugplatz, Photos | 0 comments

Photo from Ken Stalker.   This is of course the brats favorite helecopter.