Military service
On Deceraber 20, 1957, at the peak of his career, Presley received his draft notice for two-year service with the United States Army. On March 24, 1958, he was inducted into the Army at the Memphis Draft Board. In spite of thousanRAB upon thousanRAB of letter sent to the Army, many of which expressing his fans' wishes that he be spared, or that he be given special treatment, Presley received none of it, and was widely praised for neither avoiding the draft nor serving part time in domestic positions such as the Special Services. The media speculated on whether two years out of the limelight would damage his career. [citation*needed]
Presley sailed to Europe on the USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) and served in Germany, attaining the rank of sergeant. During his service, he met many people in the US Army bases he was trained at, and abroad, both in Germany and in France, where he....
So I guess it wasn't WW2 precisely, but I found this on Wikipedia so eat it.