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Elvis had never lived away from home before, and he was miserable, homesick for his mother, Gladys. “He needed someone to look out for him,” Mansfield says, “and Sergeant Norwood was a good one to do that.” William Norwood, the master sergeant, saw the despair in the kid’s face and took him home so he could call his mother. “When you come in my house, you can let it all out” was Norwood’s fatherly advice. “But when you walk out of my front door, you are now Elvis Presley. You’re an actor. You’re a soldier. So, by God, I want you to act! Don’t let anybody know how you feel on the inside."
When GIs from other companies razzed Elvis during marches, Sergeant Norwood would stop the proceedings and dress the offender down.
Presley reportedly turned down opportunities to tour as a military entertainer or serve as a recruiting pitchman when he was drafted, and generally wanted to be treated as an ordinary soldier. His entry into the Army created a media circus. But officials at Fort Hood, where Presley was assigned to the 2nd Armored Division and underwent basic and advanced training, ordered the media not to interfere with his training, since he was to be treated as any other recruit.
Yet the legend of a young Elvis who lived for about six months with his parents, Vernon and Gladys Presley, in a sprawling one-story house in Killeen has endured in Central Texas lore. Elvis was known to drive a Cadillac, go grocery shopping with his parents at the Piggly Wiggly and sometimes come out onto the front porch in the evenings to sign autographs.
Stories abound of the summer of '58, when Presley, tanned by the Texas sun, would be seen around town. His family rental house on Oak Hill Drive has been a novelty for longtime Killeen residents who drive by to see "the house where Elvis lived."
Teri Hospers, a pediatric cardiologist in San Antonio who attended Nolan Middle School in Killeen in the 1970s, remembers a story one of the teachers there often told about a dog he had as a boy who once bit Elvis. After Presley left Killeen, the dog appeared in a local parade with a sign around its neck, proclaiming "I bit Elvis Presley."
Bitten in backyard:
"To avoid fans gathered at his house, Elvis would run through the neighbors' backyards. That's how he got bitten," Hospers said. "We all thought it was a funny story. In a town like Killeen, it was exciting to have a connection to someone that famous."
Elvis letter to Fort Hood mentor:
Presley had written a heartfelt, two-page letter while serving in the Army in Germany. The letter, signed, "your friend, PFC Elvis Presley," was written by the King of Rock 'n' Roll at a pivotal time in his life, less than three months after his mother died, to a Fort Hood sergeant who mentored the young private and helped him deal with his grief.
In a similar dispatch he wrote from Germany to one of his cousins:
In that letter, sent the same month as to the one to Norwood, Presley wrote of his sadness over the loss of his mother, who had died of a heart attack at age 46.
He even mentioned longing for the "last few wonderful days at Fort Hood" that he spent with her, Livingston said.
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#Oh my heart#My whole heart#You can see the sadness in his eyes#Please let me give him a hug#I'm so thankful that Norwood was there for him and allowed him to just -live- for a while#He really needed it#Love of my life#Elvis Presley
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Elvis Presley as Dr. John Carpenter in Change of Habit (Universal Pictures, 1969) — Dir. William A. Graham.
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#Oh my goodness#I’m suddenly feeling very unwell#I need an appointment immediately#I need a dose of him every two hours 😏#Sploosh#Love of my life#Elvis Presley#Change of Habit
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please send help
#Be still my heart#The most welcome sight to see#What I’d give to be the focus of that gaze#That smile makes everything better#Love of my life#Elvis Presley
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beautifully vulnerable
#Oh my heart#My whole heart#I want to hold him#He looks so soft here#Come here baby let me treat you right#Love of my life#Elvis Presley
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Elvis Presley in Clambake, 1967.
#Be still my heart#He is so dreamy#I may need to rewatch this movie again#He just looks like an absolute angel with those bedroom eyes and all#Love of my life#Elvis Presley#Clambake
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Elvis Presley live at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, August 12, 1970.
#This man I swear#He's such a goober I can't handle it#All while looking like an absolute dream#Elvis please#We (I) can only handle so much#Love of my life#Elvis Presley
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Now wait a minute…
If this was not me in my past life I’m gonna be very disappointed
#Oh my gosh there's another!#What an amazing addition!#Look at that beautiful man#What I'd give to be her#With my hands on his thighs#The focus of that stare...#My heart can't handle this#Love of my life#Elvis Presley
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April 27, 1976:
Elvis performed at the Coliseum in Spokane, Washington, at 8:30 pm. He wore the Chicken Bone suit with the original belt.
After this show, Elvis flew to Lake Tahoe.
#Oh goodness he's so handsome#What I'd give to have been there#I need to peel that suit off of him with my teeth#I need him your honor#Love of my life#Elvis Presley
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#Lord have mercy#He looks positively angelic here#My heart can't handle it tonight#Come here baby let me treat you right#Love of my life#Elvis Presley
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My God. What in the hell was wrong with these people, kicking him when he was down like that? And where in the heck did they get the 'face lift' thing from anyway?
https://www.tumblr.com/nothing-but-elvis/748879302555222016/april-26-1977-the-national-enquirer-upped-the?source=share
Hello Anon,
Well, anything that the National Enquirer says should be taken with a HUGE grain of salt in the first place. That's something to always remember.
In addition, I believe it was in George Klein's book that he mentions that Elvis did have some work done, in the 50s initially and again in the 70s (where he agreed to have a facelift along with him).
So while there may be a fragment of truth in the story, like most of what the Enquirer shares, it's completely hidden under a LOT of lies, rumors, and hearsay.
I hope that helps to clear it up a bit, Anon 💖
#It's unfortunate that he's constantly made fun of--even now#He deserves so much better#Ask box#Replies#Anonymous
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April 27, 1973:
Elvis performed at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon, at 8 pm. He wore the Nail Studded suit with the original belt.
#There he is!!#He's in my neighborhood!!#This was the show that my mom was supposed to have gone to actually#What I'd give to have been there#Look at him--he looks so dreamy#And that suit is simply gorgeous#Love of my life#Elvis Presley
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Oh to be at one of the 1969 Las Vegas shows.
His excitement at finally doing live shows again.
9 minute monologues reminiscing about life, his career, just being batshit crazy.
Witnessing pure chaotic energy, comedic genuis and insane talent.
Just watching him having fun.
Watching HIM.
I mean
And sneak onto the stage. To give him a hug or to kidnap him, I'm not sure yet
#Good lord isn't that the dream?#Where's that time machine?#We need to go back#I'd give anything to be in that audience#Love of my life#Elvis Presley
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our beautiful big daddy 💫
#There he is#There's my man#I just adore him in this suit#He is so handsome here#I can't get enough...#I just want to get my hands on him#Sploosh#Love of my life#Elvis Presley
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Oh my this man with facial hair uhhh 😍😍😍😍
#Oh my lord#Hello handsome#The most beautiful sight to see right now#That man makes anything better#And the scruff...I can't get over the scruff#Love of my life#Elvis Presley
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April 26, 1961:
Joan Blackman and Elvis Presley finished location filming in Hawaii for Blue Hawaii production.
#Uh oh#Sam! You better come get your man#He’s doing it again#Barely keeping it together in those white shirts#It’s -this-photo again I’m afraid 🤭#Sploosh#Love of my life#Elvis Presley#Blue Hawaii
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My favorite 50s!Elvis photos, part 152 of ∞; ✨Friday Smiles✨
#Happy Friday everyone!!#Please enjoy this beautiful boy and his beautiful smile today 💖#50s Elvis has me in a stranglehold#Love of my life#Elvis Presley
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April 26, 1956:
Elvis Presley and The Blue Moon Boys performed another painful set of shows for an adult Vegas audience at the New Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Bill Willard, a reviewer for the Las Vegas Sun Link newspaper, panned the performance, writing, “For the teen-agers, the long, tall Memphis lad is a whiz; for the average Vegas spender or showgoer, a bore. His musical sound with a combo of three is uncouth, matching to a great extent the lyric content of his nonsensical songs.”
Willard may have captured the dismay that older Vegas audiences had with the young upstart, but Las Vegas resident Ed Jameson caught a vision of the future Elvis would have in Vegas. Penning a rebuttal to Willard’s review, Jameson wrote, “He is not a Rock ‘n’ Roller nor is he a cowboy singer. He is something new coming over the horizon all by himself and he deserves his ever-growing audience. Nobody should miss him. Parents would do well to take their children to hear him. It would be a good way to get to know and understand your own kids.”
Photos: Elvis relaxing by the pool and being photographed with girls, girls, girls, at the New Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada; April 26, 1956.
#D'awww#Good morning indeed#They just weren't ready for you yet baby#These photos are still some of my favorites 💖#He's so dreamy I can't#Love of my life#Elvis Presley#Elvis History
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