United States Army

The Files

• The "Burr" Western Empire — Provided officers and intelligence figures connected to the affair
• The CCC Brainwashing — Handled important administrative and logistical functions in many CCC camps and fueled the camps’ military image.
• The Elvis Army Grooming — The institution portrayed in the theory as absorbing and repackaging youth rebellion through Elvis’s service.
• The Pancho Villa Ghost Army — Its mobilization along the border made the threat appear large enough to sustain hidden-war theories.
• The Army and Saltpeter — Main institutional setting in which the modern American form of the myth circulated.

Connected Figures & Organizations

• Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1 shared
• Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1 shared
• National Park Service · 1 shared
• Douglas MacArthur · 1 shared
• United States Navy · 1 shared
• Elvis Presley · 1 shared
• John J. Pershing · 1 shared
• Colonel Tom Parker · 1 shared
• Pancho Villa · 1 shared
• Villista forces · 1 shared
• Aaron Burr · 1 shared
• Harman Blennerhassett · 1 shared

Timeline

1. 1805The "Burr" Western Empire
2. 1910The Army and Saltpeter
3. 1916The Pancho Villa Ghost Army
4. 1933The CCC Brainwashing
5. 1957The Elvis Army Grooming