Conway Twitty, US Army (1954-1956)

Conway Twitty, US Army (1954-1956)

Conway Twitty (1954-1956)

Harold Lloyd Jenkins (AKA Conway Twitty) was first drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies after high school before being drafted once again into the US Army. While stationed in Japan, he kept both his dreams alive by forming a band and playing on the local Army baseball team. His first band, the Fuji Mountain Boys represented their Yokohama unit and won the 1954 All-Army Talent Competition.

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