“Presley Presley

IS OUR CRY

P-R-E-S-L-E-Y”


-Letter to President Eisenhower from “Elvis Presley Lovers” Linda Kelly, Sherry Bane, and Mickie Mattson

Elvis Presley was drafted for the U.S. Army in December, 1957.  This letter from the Eisenhower Library was written by three fans in Montana who pleaded to the President:

“You don’t no how we feel about him, I really don’t see why you have to send him in the Army at all, but we beg you please please don’t give him a G.I. hair cut, oh please please don’t!  If you do we will just about die!”

On the right is the Acknowledgement of Service Obligation signed by Pvt E-1 Elvis Aron Presley.  The National Archives holds Elvis’ Official Military Personnel file, take a peek here.

Source: research.archives.gov

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    hahaha this is wonderful.
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    And fangirlism has been around forever. Somehow this amuses me.
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    Sideburns don’t kill people. Making Elvis cut his sideburns off kills people. (In other news, spelling and grammar...
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    This totally makes me remember doing “Bye Bye Birdie” Freshman year. We love you Conradddd…
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    Consider this a bit of sadness relief. Elvis’ hair is serious business to fans.
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    1950s fangirls.
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