Sheep 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 MoreThe PX at Cook Barracks
This is where Kevin Duncan would go to get his resupply of Bazuka Bubble Gum.
Read MoreHanger down at the Flugplatz
Photo from Art Stoike Can't you just picture Jack McMasters running into Kerrigan's sidekick Tony Keech when he trying to find Ryan.
Read MoreThe Nazi pillbox in the woods behind The Glass House
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.
Read MoreBack stairs down into the Nazi Pillbox
Photo from Ralf Stumpf. In Brat: Kids fo Warriors these are the stairs Queenie came out of when the Indians were attacking.
Read MoreNazi Foxhole
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.
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I am a military brat—and I say that with great pride.