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Rock ‘n’ roll legend Elvis Presley was drafted and sworn into the United States Army at Memphis, Tenn., on March 24, 1958. He served as a regular soldier, assigned to the 3rd Armor Division in Friedberg, Germany until March 2, 1960, when he returned to the United States and was officially discharged from active duty a few days later.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

BERLIN \u2014 Keep your blue suede shoes behind the curb: the central German town where Elvis Presley was stationed<\/a> as a U.S. soldier in the 1950s has installed three pedestrian lights with images of the American rock icon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The red shows an image of the singer striking a pose at a microphone and the green depicts his trademarked hip swivel dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Walking figures depicting late US rock and roll legend Elvis Presley appear on a traffic light switching from green to red in Friedberg near Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. Presley served in Friedberg from October 1958 to March 1960 as a soldier in the US Armed Forces.( AP Photo\/Michael Probst)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

They went online this week in the town of Friedberg<\/a>, where Elvis, who died in 1977, was stationed at the U.S. Army\u2019s Ray Barracks from October 1958 to March 1960. He lived in nearby Bad Nauheim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friedberg, north of Frankfurt, already has an \u201cElvis Presley Platz\u201d \u2014 Elvis Presley Square \u2014 and decided to add the three lights as an added attraction for the many Elvis fans who already make the pilgrimage to the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elvis Presley was a soldier before he was the king of rock and roll. (Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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