PRESERVING A MILITARY LEGACY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
The following Reflection representsSP5 Larry Clark’s legacy of their military service from 1967 to 1970. If you are a Veteran, consider preserving a record of your own military service, including your memories and photographs, on Togetherweserved.com (TWS), the leading archive of living military history. The Service Reflections is an easy-to-complete self-interview, located on your TWS Military Service Page, which enables you to remember key people and events from your military service and the impact they made on your life.
If Eligible, Did You Use the GI Bill After Leaving Military Service? If So, Please Describe Where You Attended College, and How This Benefited Your Career Following.
Yes, I used the GI BILL to complete my Bachelor’s Degree after receiving my Draft Notice in 1967 while attending a 2-year college program with only a short time before graduation.
I enlisted in the U.S. Army “90-Day Delay” Program, which allowed me to complete the remaining days of my last college courses and attend the graduation ceremony.
After Basic Training and before my AIT Course was available, I completed a 4-week Beginner Typing course.
The requirements to complete this course were to improve your Day-1 score by 20%. As the requirements were not announced prior to the Day-1 test, my score was 35 words per minute (using a Royal manual typewriter). Therefore, my goal was to reach 42-words per minute. Several students in this class had significantly lower goals as their Day-1 scores were much lower than 35-words per minute.
After completing the Basic Typing course successfully, I was transferred to Fort Benjamin Harrison to attend the 8-week AIT Financial Specialist training course.
On Day-1 of this course, the instructor informed the entire class of students that weekly testing would be required, and the top 10% of students’ scores at the end of 8 weeks would receive a 1-grade promotion. And, the top 5% of student scores at the end of 8-weeks would receive a 2-grade promotion.
With my 90-day delay, I qualified for an automatic promotion from E-1 to E-2. Then, with my top 5% score after 8 weeks, I received a promotion from E-2 to E-4, as a 73C20 Financial Pay Specialist.
During my Tour-Of-Duty at Camp Red Cloud, Uijeongbu, Korea, I was promoted from E-4 to E-5 as the supervisor of Financial Pay from April 1968 to May 1969.
I completed my remaining Active Duty assignment at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Near the end of my Active Duty time, I received an “Early Out” to resume my college pursuit of a Bachelor’s Degree (I graduated from Franklin University College after several years as a part-time student while working full-time)
Without the financial support of the GI Bill, I would not have been able to afford tuition to complete my Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, with a minor in Industrial Management.
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