Tim Gray, CEO and founder of the WWII Foundation, when asked why Elvis had not gotten the recognition he deserved for his role in raising funds to build the USS Arizona memorial, as noted in a march 25, 2021 review by the EPNews Examiner on the subject of the PBS documentary released on December 7, 2021.
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Some details just get lost to history. There were many people involved in the effort. Elvis was certainly the most high-profile, but without his help it would have taken much longer for the Arizona Memorial project to come to fruition. He was very patriotic, which I think is lost sometimes too. Just one of those stories that needs to be told in the larger picture of December 7, 1941 and all those who gave so much effort to see the men of Arizona memorialized properly.

— Tim Gray

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About Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (8 January 1935 – 16 August 1977) was an American singer, musician, and actor. Popularly known by his first name as "Elvis," as "The King of Rock and Roll" or simply as "The King," he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.