Elvis Presley
Photography by Bill Ray
“Elvis was the most polite young man I ever met, but I also saw a keen intelligence in his eyes—an amused, knowing look. He obviously enjoyed hitting his marks and delivering his “Aw, shucks” country-boy lines like a pro.”
Private Elvis Presley as he prepares to leave for Germany from the Port of Embarkation at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in New York, 22nd September 1958.