Imagine living in a society where we collectively decide some people just get all the privilege to themselves, and the rest of us can just roll around in the mud, and everyone is ok and happy with that.
Elvis’s War detail was all for show anyway. He was never anywhere near the front lines, spending two years in West Germany as a chauffer. Ffs, he didn’t even live on base.
Both Elvis and his manager Colonel Tom himself recognized his tour of duty was far more about discouraging draft dodging from others than doing any kind of public service of his own. The bulk of his time abroad involved producing records positively reflecting on military life.
It was all a scam setup by his manager. He was never gonna wind up anywhere remotely near a battle
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_career_of_Elvis_Presley
“Scam” is an exaggeration. Your own Wikipedia link shows he declined a cushy entertainment position in Special Services. Twice. He completed the training, which he hated, and broke down in tears on multiple phone calls, describing his homesickness. As the most popular entertainer in the world at the time, he was of course given special privileges, but he was still a soldier. Soldiers have many duties and not all of them engage in direct combat. “Never winding up anywhere remotely near a battle” would have happened with anyone that famous (for political and strategic reasons), and certainly did for other rich, well-connected people…
