DRAFT NOTICE RECEIVED ON THIS DAY IN 1957

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On Friday December 20, Elvis Presley received his Army draft notice (above). He
was initially ordered to report for duty January 20, but was granted a deferment to
finish the filming of King Creole which was already in pre-production. On March 24,
1958 Presley was inducted into the U.S. Army as a private at Fort Chaffee, near
Fort Smith, Arkansas.

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