Soldier Elvis

ID: 2388 ~ Source: Bradley, Don. Remembering Elvis at Fort Hood. Waco Tribune-Herald, 28 Mar. 2013, www.wacotrib.com/waco_today_magazine/remembering-elvis-at-fort-hood/article_1d7deab2-4760-5c6f-b14c-c1ad85f93284.html.
This file appears in: Elvis in Waco
Soldier Elvis

One of Elvis’s fellow soldiers said of him, “In several instances I saw sparks of leadership in Elvis that made me think he could have induced men to follow him into combat just as his music caused millions of young people to follow him.”

This file appears in: Elvis in Waco

By Anabel Burke
Elvis Presley is a name that hardly needs explanation. The king of rock-and roll stands as a cultural icon to this day, but few people know of his connection to Waco and Central Texas. In 1958, at the ripe age of twenty-two, Elvis joined the United…