(Lloyd Borguss/Stars and Stripes)

Grafenwoehr, Germany, 1958: Despite foggy weather, by 7:30 a.m. the dockside was already crowded with Elvis fans although the USS Randall, with Pvt. Elvis Presley aboard, was not due in until 8:30. MPs, SPs, and German police locked arms to hold back the surging youngsters, after the fans broke through the barricades and into the roped off area.

Read Stars and Stripes’ 2017 article on Elvis’ time in Germany here.

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