A Good Soldier

ID: 2393 ~ 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.
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A Good Soldier

According to retired Army Lt. Colonol Richard Powell, also Fort Hood’s former base historian, Elvis was “a darn good soldier and almost nobody expected it. [He was] obviously brought up right.”

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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…