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    • Jan 20, 1960
    Elvis Presley, stationed in Germany with the Army, gets a $22.94-per-month pay raise when he's promoted to acting sergeant
    Feb 11, 1960
    Elvis Presley, serving with the Army in Germany, receives his stripes as a full sergeant, three weeks after he was officially notified of the promotion
    Mar 2, 1960
    Sergeant Elvis Presley leaves Germany as the end of his Army hitch nears. Life magazine captures Priscilla Beaulieu waving goodbye
    Mar 3, 1960
    Sergeant Elvis Presley arrives at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey on his return from Germany. Nancy Sinatra accompanies him, while Tina Louise--the future Ginger Grant on "Gilligan's Island"--covers the event for the Mutual Broadcast Network
    Mar 4, 1960
    Tennessee senator Estes Kefauver honors Elvis Presley's Army service in the Congressional Record, saying "this young American became just another G.I. Joe"
    Mar 5, 1960
    Elvis Presley is discharged from the Army
    Oct 5, 1960
    Roy Acuff arrives in Frankfurt, Germany, for a USO tour that keeps him in Europe for more than two months
    Dec 4, 1960
    The Los Angeles Herald-Examiner runs a story about a struggling fund-raising program to build a memorial in Hawaii to the victims of the Pearl Harbor bombing in World War II. Colonel Tom Parker offers Elvis Presley to play a benefit for the fund
    Dec 16, 1960
    Roy Acuff performs in France, the final show of a USO tour of Europe that lasted more than two months
    Oct 11, 1961
    As a member of the club band The Apollos, Lee Greenwood is invited for the first time to participate in a USO trip, performing for servicemen in Alaska



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