Show clinton larson out of the U S air service american pork utah jan 9 1919 mr john R walls st george utah dear friend it has been some time since you heard from ane directly but I 1 have been very busy recently perhaps a short outline of what I 1 have been doing would be to you it Is natural to work along the lines one takes the greatest liking for so that it would be easy to suppose that ray chief labors have been with the physical training of the soldiers of kelly field being one of the athletic directors of the field certainly keeps me busy but I 1 enjoy the work very good I 1 am about to be discharged from the army As a result of passing successfully cess fully a series of examinations on military subjects I 1 have been recommended for a commission as an officer of the air service now that I 1 will be discharged from the service I 1 will be placed on the reserve officers corps it I 1 desire which very likely I 1 will do the next thing for toe to do Is to go back and finish getting a degree from the brigham young university I 1 hope to apply some of the military work I 1 have received and if possible get a degree this next spring there is a lot of valuable work one can learn while in the army for instance I 1 took a course in wireless and finally was an instructor in one of the Y M C A buildings I 1 never used a typewriter until I 1 came in the army in short there Is a groat deal of knowledge received that will be very useful besides the good experience I 1 have received as an athletic director one of the greatest experiences a man can have Is to fly like a bird I 1 have been up in an aeroplane and I 1 like it very well will you please send the washington county news to my new home address american fork utah P 0 box 66 I 1 have enjoyed reading the home paper while in the service of my country and will be pleased to continue in civil life I 1 am very glad that I 1 enlisted and did my bit tor our country and now that it is all over I 1 will be pleased to get back in civil life again wishing you the very best of success youra truly clinton larson |