On March 24, 1958, Elvis Presley was inducted into the Army. He had registered for the draft in 1953 when he turned 18 but received a student deferment to finish high school. Four years later his number came up again, and he received another deferment—this time to finish filming his third Hollywood movie. On March 24, 1958 he finally had to serve. He left as the King of Rock and Roll, and when he came back, he was still a teen idol but he began a new musical era with songs like “Pocketful of Rainbows.”
