Researching your family's past can connect you the past and the present. I found a relative that actually trained at the Army base, Camp Mabry, in Austin. Crazy, huh?

Journaling, if you're interested:
Researching your familys history can be very surprizing. One of my great, great, great Uncles served in the Army Air Force Ballloon division in World War I.

Balloons were one of the first mechanisms used in air warfare. Their role was strictly recognized for reconnaissance purposes. They provided humans with the first available method of elevating themselves well over the battlefield to obtain the proverbial "birds-eye view." They were an early method of definitive intelligence collection, and were also particularly useful in the preparation of accurate battlefield maps. The WWI observation crews were the first to use parachutes, long before they were adopted by fixed wing aircrews.

But my Uncle didnt make it overseas to fight. James Owens Curtis of Weatherford, Texas, died of Spanish influenza while in training at Fort Omaha, Nebraka. Curtis attended the training school for student automobile mechanics at Camp Mabry, Austin, and later was sent to Omaha with the 47th Balloon Company.

Photos found on the web. But I did use part of his actual obituary in my journaling.

Supplies:
WaterColor Template Album No. 7
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ArtPlay Palette Breeze Fernweh
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Process notes:
I used SolidPaper No. 4 from ArtPlay Palette Fernweh as my background. I added some transfers to increase dimension, reduced the opacity to 22%. I placed my photos and clipped them to the masks. I clipped a photo to the big mask. Added a duplicate of my big photo underneath that layer, reduced the opacity to 23% using the darken blend mode for added emphasis. Copy and wordART were final touches.

Thanks for looking.