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 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.
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I am a military brat—and I say that with great pride.