Elvis was in basic training at Fort Hood Army post in Texas when
this song hit the top of the Billboard chart.

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a government-run
military veteran’s benefit system. It is the U.S. government’s second largest
department, after the U.S Department of Defense. The establishment of the
Veterans Administration came in 1930 when Congress authorized president
Herbert Hoover to "consolidate and coordinate Government activities affecting
war veterans." The three component agencies became bureaus within the
Veterans Administration. Brigadier General Frank T. Hines, who directed the
Veterans Bureau for seven years, was named as the first Administrator of
Veterans Affairs, a job he held until 1945. The VA health care system has
grown from 54 hospitals in 1930 to include 171 medical centers; more than
350 outpatient, community, and outreach clinics, and 126 nursing home care
units.

Donald McNichol Sutherland is a actor with a film career spanning nearly 
50 years. Some of Sutherland’s more notable movie roles included offbeat
warriors in such war movies as The Dirty Dozen, in 1967, and Mash and
Kelly’s Heroes both in 1970. He was also in the popular film Invasion of
the Body Snatchers (1978). Donald Sutherland is the father of actor
Kiefer Sutherland.

Donald Sutherland in Dirty Dozen

Sutherland as seen in JFK

Donald Sutherland in Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Tom Hanks is a actor, producer, writer, and director. He gained wide notice
in the 1988 film Big. Other films by Hank’s include Forrest Gump (1994),
Apollo 13 (1995), Saving Private Ryan (1998) and Cast Away (2000). He
did the voicing for the character Woody in the Toy Story franchise (1995,
1999, and 2010). Tom won consecutive Best Actor Academy Awards, in
1993 for Philadelphia and in 1994 for Forrest Gump. He is the father of
actor Colin Hanks.

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 Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone is a actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, film director
and occasional painter. Stallone is known for his macho action roles. Two of
the notable characters he has portrayed include boxer Rocky Balboa in the
Rocky series (1976,1979,1982,1985,1990 and 2006) and the title role as
soldier John Rambo in the Rambo franchise films (1982,1985,1988,2008).

The film Rocky was inducted into the National Film Registry as well as having
its film props placed in the Smithsonian Museum.  Philadelphia has a statue of
his Rocky character placed permanently near the museum, on the right side
before the steps. It was announced on December 7, 2010 that Stallone was
voted into boxing’s Hall of Fame.

 
Stallone as Rocky Balboa

 
Sylvester Stallone in character as Rambo

Rocky Balboa statue