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Tail Slate remembers Elvis Presley on the 40th anniversary of his passing
Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was my 8th day of Air Force Basic Training. I returned to the dormitory with some other trainees and we saw several of the members of our unit in tears. We asked what was wrong and one of them said,…