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Elvis performed concert to Aid in Arizona Memorial construction.

posted 9 years ago by ronaldt49
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Audio is on youtube under heading Elvis Harbour concert. No video.
Just discovered it!

Don't recall hearing of other artists of the era doing similar events for Memorial!

[–] cowgoesmoo 9 years ago

I remember learning of Elvis' contribution to the USS Arizona Memorial many, many years ago on (of all things) Casey Kasem's "American Top 40". The tribute was only a few minutes long, but Casey went into quite a bit of detail about how Elvis' fundraising efforts made it possible.

[–] LCella9370 8 years ago

It was announced on the tv special when the event took place.

[–] Washingtonnative (2613) 5 years ago

What did Elvis have to do with "Tora! Tora! Tora!"?

[–] liscarkat (16476) 5 years ago

He did a concert to contribute to the construction of the USS Arizona memorial. The USS Arizona had something to do with the attack on Pearl Harbor, which is what "Tora! Tora! Tora!" is about. Fairly easy to follow the connections.