Mar 17, 2026; Memphis, TN, USA; Elvis Presley and Rex Mansfield (left) during their last few miles of the train ride home Monday March 7, 1960. Elvis was officially discharged from the U.S. Army Saturday (March 5) at Ft. Dix, N.J. and left for home the next day aboard a private car on Southern Railway's Tennessean. Among others on the car was Mansfield, of Dresden, TN., who was inducted along with Elvis and was stationed with him throughout basic training and subsequent tour of Germany. The train pulled into Memphis' Union Station about 7:45 a.m. and was greeted by some 200 fans;; Mandatory Credit: Bob Williams-USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images