Elvis Presley raised $65,000 for USS Arizona Memorial before it opened in 1962
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Elvis Presley raised $65,000 towards the USS Arizona Memorial in 1961. Completed that year and dedicated in 1962, the 184-foot memorial spans the sunken battleship at Pearl Harbor, where more than 900 crewmen remain entombed.
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