The King Got Drafted!
Dec 20, 2017 08:27:04 #
On December 20, 1957 Elvis received his draft notice. In a letter dated December 24th he formally asked for a deferment to finish filming the movie he had already been working on. On December 26, 1957, the Memphis Draft Board granted Elvis a deferment until March 20, 1958 so he could finish filming his movie 'King Creole'.
On Monday, March 24, 1958 at 6:35 AM, Elvis, accompanied by his parents and a group of family and friends, reported to the Memphis Draft Board.
http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/elvisandtheusarmy.shtml
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuFmbJjtwyY
"March 5, 1960. He received his mustering-out check of $109.54 and Elvis Presley, Sergeant E-5 returned to home the life and career he had left behind". E-5 after 2 years?
On Monday, March 24, 1958 at 6:35 AM, Elvis, accompanied by his parents and a group of family and friends, reported to the Memphis Draft Board.
http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/elvisandtheusarmy.shtml
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuFmbJjtwyY
"March 5, 1960. He received his mustering-out check of $109.54 and Elvis Presley, Sergeant E-5 returned to home the life and career he had left behind". E-5 after 2 years?
Dec 20, 2017 08:39:18 #
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Dec 20, 2017 09:50:57 #
bggamers
Loc: georgia
moldyoldy wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley%27s_Army_career
From what I hear l he did was troop moral?
Dec 20, 2017 10:26:35 #
bggamers wrote:
From what I hear l he did was troop moral?
My older brother met him in Germany, they sang a little bit. He liked gospel music.
Dec 20, 2017 10:47:57 #
Larry, I never understood why the army made Elvis a truck driver, when using him as an entertainer would have made so much more sense.
Larry the Legend wrote:
On December 20, 1957 Elvis received his draft noti... (show quote)
Dec 20, 2017 11:19:51 #
saltwind 78 wrote:
Larry, I never understood why the army made Elvis a truck driver, when using him as an entertainer would have made so much more sense.
Read the wiki story, it explains it.
Dec 20, 2017 11:54:27 #
saltwind 78 wrote:
Larry, I never understood why the army made Elvis a truck driver, when using him as an entertainer would have made so much more sense.
His choice. He picked his own MOS. He was actually a scout for his armored unit. Mostly drove around in a Jeep.
Dec 20, 2017 12:10:29 #
Ox wrote:
E5 after 2 yrs seems a bit much to me.
I made E5 after two years but I had special circumstances. I was in a group of forty-two who formed the International Geophysical Year technical support team and I was the Radar Section Crew Head. We had a Colonel as head, two Captains, two Lieutenants and a Master Sergeant. No SFC's and no Sgt's. (E5) There was a slot available in the TOE and I was promoted to fill it. It was a "volunteer" group and no one else was going to volunteer to go to the Arctic Circle to do the job.
Dec 21, 2017 07:21:23 #
crazylibertarian
Loc: Florida by way of New York & Rhode Island
Ox wrote:
E5 after 2 yrs seems a bit much to me.
At least he served, unlike the draft dodger who became president in 1993.
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