Did elvis presely fight in wwii if so what divison and stuff like that?

Question

Did elvis presely fight in wwii if so what divison and stuff like that?

Answer 1

elvis was just a little kid so how could he fight world war 2 it does not make any sense he was in the army in the early 1960's so that is my answer  

Answer 2

I know he was drafted at some stage and got a "respectable" hair cut. But I think he was too young for WWII.  

Answer 3

he was to young for ww2

Answer 4

NO... he wasn't OLD ENOUGH for WW2... he did fight in Germany, however because some mutual friends introduced us when he was stationed there and I was playing in bands in the Cabaret's in Berlin.

Answer 5

No, he wasn't old enough, he was only a child during WW2.  He did his army service in Germany in the late 1950s.  

Answer 6

LOL.  Elvis was younger than I was and I was too young to enter the war when it began in 1939 as a combatant, and I was still too young when it ended in 1945.  It was mid-1952 before I was old enough to become a soldier at the youngest age one could enlist in the regular army.

Elvis was born three days before I was in January of 1935, making him not quite five when hostilities began and a mere lad in his tenth year when it concluded.

Elvis served in peacetime. December 20, 1957, he wa snotified of his draft,however, due to filming committments the Memphis Draft Board granted him a stay so he could comclude his contractual obligations.

On March 24, 1958, he became a private, regimental number, 53310761, trained at Fort Hood, Texas on September 17, 1958, an was then sent to Friedberg, Germany with the 3rd Armoured Division, where he served from October 1, 1958 until March 2, 1960.

Presley bought an extra set of fatigues for everyone in his outfit, donated his Army pay to charity, and bought TV sets for all the men on the base.

He was honourably discharged with the rank of Staff Sergeant.

QUILL has now left the building!

Answer 7

NO, Elvis could not have fought in WWII because he wasn't old enough.  He was drafted around 1957, however, about a dozen or so years after WW2 ended.

Answer 8

On December 20, 1957, Presley received his draft notice. Hal Wallis and Paramount Pictures had already spent $350,000 on the film King Creole, and did not want to suspend or cancel the project. The Memphis Draft Board granted Presley a deferment to finish it. On March 24, 1958, he was inducted as US Army private #53310761 and completed basic training at Fort Hood, Texas on September 17, 1958, before being posted to Friedberg, Germany with the 3rd Armored Division, where his service took place from October 1, 1958 until March 2, 1960.[108]