Happy Birthday To An Army Veteran
I liked Elvis. His only drawback was he didn’t think prescription drugs counted as “drugs” and so he had a million scrips, heh heh…
So this is just a Bashman selfish post. I thought the guy was a tremendous talent, and when his nation called him to duty, he didn’t try to hide behind celebrity or fame, he just stepped up. I have always respected that. Especially in light of one of my childhood hero-let-downs Cassius Clay, who converted to islam and changed his name and ducked out.
Any special consideration Elvis might have gotten from the Army was bestowed upon him, not asked for.
He’s 73 today. Rents out our basement that we converted to a small apartment. My kids like him, too.
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Bash:
Here is a lil info not many people know about Elvis.
If anyone has ever been to Hawaii and have been to the Arizona Memorial, you can thank Elvis for it being there.
In late 1960 the memorial fund was still well short of its $500,000 goal. The editor of the Honolulu Advertiser, George Chaplin, volunteered to help by writing about 1,500 letters to the editors of daily papers across the nation. He asked then to help the fund drive by publishing stories about the Arizona Memorial project and ask their readers to send contributions to the fund. Among those papers that responded was the Los Angeles Examiner. Top popular music star Elvis Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker, read the Examiner editorial and immediately telephoned Chaplin with the offer of a Presley benefit performance in Hawaii for the Arizona Memorial to coincide with Presley’s scheduled movie location work in Hawaii.
Parker’s single condition, and in this he was inflexible, was that all ticket proceeds must go directly to the memorial fund. He insisted that any overhead be covered from other sources. The March 25, 1961, concert was a sellout, with seat prices ranging from $3 to $100. For the accountants, too, the show was a smashing success. When the proceeds were finally tallied, the memorial fund was $64,696.73 richer and the Memorial was lodged more permanently in the public consciousness.
http://www.pearlharbormemorial.com/site/pp.asp?c=fqLQJ2NNG&b=239191
January 8th, 2008 at 1:07 pmWhether you grew up in that time or liked Elvis’ music there is one thing you cant deny. He did what he was called upon to do. Gave up the good life and just went
January 8th, 2008 at 1:15 pm