I was a military brat for two and a half years in Oscoda at Wurtsmith AFB and lived in base housing. When we first moved there we stayed in a cabin on one of the lakes, don't remember which one but we were right there on the lake and there was an island in the middle. The cabin wasn't real great in the winter but it sure was pretty and we had moved to Michigan from the base in Salina, KS so that was a pleasant surprise to have so many trees and water near us. The first year we about blew out the old school downtown Oscoda. There were Air Force brats coming out of the walls. Hee, Hee...well the government built a brand new school and boy was it something. It was really the best school I had been in all my years in 11 other schools. The kids were great not just us AF brats but the town kids too. We had dances at school all the time. The teachers we had were excellent and I don't think anyone went away that didn't really enjoy their time there. I had to leave the middle of my senior year and that broke my heart. I won't even mention the base we went to next because it was Super Terrible and I always consider myself graduating from Oscoda High School and my picture was in the 1963 Lumberjack yearbook! I never thought I would see my classmates again but when the 50th reunion came up I had to go. So from Woden, IA, in northern Iowa about 20 miles from the Minnesota border we traveled to Oscoda and what a reunion that was. Now if you think I am putting you on about my happiest time there in Michigan I can assure you that I have come back and am now living in Alpena, MI and I have to get down to the Wurtsmith AFB museum because I have been told it is great. I tell everyone in Iowa that I know to come up here for their next vacation. I love it here and now at age 73 I am home to stay. (Note: I promise that when I get down to the museum I will write a review but just had to say what Wurtsmith AFB and Oscoda meant to me at 15 and 16 yrs of age.) read more