Battleground: 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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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 responsible for designing the new tank range at Knox. If...
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Naval Anti-Aircraft Guns Laffey Enhanced Voiceover from Robert Clark https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4zkp7hvrgbcd7gd/D-qPNsG9ym?preview=Laffey+Enhanced+vo+3.wmv While on the USS Upshur Jack is told story about Merchant Marines trying to use U.S. Navy anti-aircraft guns to shoot down German Luftwaffe planes during World War II. In the story they have a very hard time firing them accurately. If you watch this video you’ll get some small appreciation about just how hard it is to accurately shoot a naval...
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4th Armored Division World War II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJRHPsv98tc Down at Property Disposal Ol’ Henry tells the brats a story about how 4th Armored rescued the 101st Airborne Division during WWII. That and other highlights of what 4th Armored did during WWII are depicted through Capt. Jack Holms story in this video.
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