Journaling: Work: Dressed in his HBT (Herringbone Twill) coveralls, Dad is standing on a roof somewhere in Tokyo. I suspect the building is the Far East Command Headquarters building from the previous page. The HBT coveralls were extremely versatile and comfortable. The buttons on these...

Journaling [Far Left] The Headquarters building is no longer standing it was torn down in 2000. The front portion and the hall was retained and is known as .Ichigaya Memorial Hall. The photograph to the right is of a model of the original building and is located in the Ichigaya Memorial Hall...

Journaling: On 3 November 1954 Dad received orders for a 90-day TDY to SAC XRAY in Tokyo. Two weeks later on the 17th of November the orders were amended to 180 days. SAC X-Ray was one of several phonetic commands set up during the Korean War by General LeMay. The purpose of the commands...

Pages 124 & 125 Dad's Military Album Vol. II Journaling: The National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) was established by President Eisenhower on 22 April 1953. It is often jokingly referred to an I was there medal. Even though it has been the butt of jokes it is an important medal awarded...

Pages 122-123 Dad's Military Album Vol. II Journaling: Located in Oxfordshire, England RAF Upper Heyford was opened in July 1918. In 1923 it became a strategic bomber base. In the 30s it became a training base for bombers. Then during the Cold War the USAF leased the airfield from the...

Love the way the photograph pops.

These two pages commemorate the day Mom & Dad met. Journaling. On Saturday, 4 July 1953, Mom and Dad met for the first time at The Grove dance hall in Guerneville, Sonoma County, California. The Grove was one of the most popular dance spots along the Russian River. It featured live music and...

Dad spent a few days TDY at Parks Air Force Base. What he didn't know at the time was that he would soon met Mom and have a child that would have to go to Parks AFB for a Dennis Brown Split because she was pidgen toed. He also didn't know that 17 years later he would retire a short distance from...

The Travis AFB Highlights are a preview of the succeeding pages. Lots and Lots of layers in this one. Art Play Palette Sol https://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Sol.html ArtsyTransfers Sol https://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtsyTransfers-Sol.html ArtPlay Palette Joyful Gold paint...

It has been a while since I have been able to work on my art. Trish Hoskin thank you for your inspiration! The Painnt App really inspired me for this page. The photographs are from a souvenir booklet from the 1950's. Assets Used: Artsy Layered Template No. 167...

I love this Trish!

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I love the feeling of infinity this page evokes.

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Fabulous!

The plane photograph I found on eBay. It is the same type of plane Dad flew on. The original is black and white. I found some airplane model decals on eBay and purchased those to make my own digital decals for the plane and using the warp tool was able to aline them with the plane. The baggage...

Several of the original photographs are blurry. Others were scanned from the 1948 Scott AFB yearbook. The patches are from my collection and were scanned. Project Template Album 5 https://www.oscraps.com/shop/Project-Template-Album-No.-5.html ArtPlay Palette Wish...

This is the title page for an album commemorating my Dad's military career. I began this project as part of Anna's Project 2019. I used the following assets: Album Template 5-23 ArtPlay Palette Time String https://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Time.html ArtPlay Palette Evanescent...

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