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|birth_place=Scranton, [[Pennsylvania]]

|birth_place=Scranton, [[Pennsylvania]]

|death_date=November 4, 2007

|death_date=November 4, 2007

|death_place=Fort Smith, [[Arkansas]]<br>

|death_place=[[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]], [[Arkansas]]<br>

Resting place:<br>

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Fort Smith National Cemetery

Fort Smith National Cemetery

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'''John Joseph Mawn, Sr.''' (January 10, 1915 &ndash; November 4, 2007), was a  [[United States Army]] major who was the technical advisor for the [[Elvis Presley]] 1960 film, ''G.I. Blues''. As public information officer at Fort Chaffee near Fort Smith, [[Arkansas]], Mawn replied to the media when Presley’s draft notice became public. Presley received his "G.I. haircut" at Fort Chaffee on March 25, 1958, a day after his induction by the draft board in [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]]. Earlier, Mawn told an [[Associated Press]] reporter that the already legendary entertainer would look like a "peeled onion", a retort which garnered national headlines. Presley himself said simply, "Hair today, gone tomorrow."

'''John Joseph Mawn, Sr.''' (January 10, 1915 &ndash; November 4, 2007), was a  [[United States Army]] major who was the technical advisor for the [[Elvis Presley]] 1960 film, ''G.I. Blues''. As public information officer at Fort Chaffee near [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]], [[Arkansas]], Mawn replied to the media when Presley’s draft notice became public. Presley received his "G.I. haircut" at Fort Chaffee on March 25, 1958, a day after his induction by the draft board in [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]]. Earlier, Mawn told an [[Associated Press]] reporter that the already legendary entertainer would look like a "peeled onion", a retort which garnered national headlines. Presley himself said simply, "Hair today, gone tomorrow."

Mawn was born in Scranton, [[Pennsylvania]], to Thomas Mawn (1881-1967), a railroad worker, and the late Elizabeth Mawn. He was conscripted into the Army in April 1941, when he was the 26-year-old manager of the soft goods department for a business in [[New York City]]. He was assigned to overseas duty with the 94th Infantry Division as a heavy machine gun platoon sergeant. He received a battlefield commission in March 1945 and was discharged six months later. Mawn's decorations included the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, the [[Purple Heart]], the [[Bronze Star]], and four battle stars for combat in northern [[France]], the Ardennes Forest, the [[Rhineland]], and the Central European campaigns

Mawn was born in Scranton, [[Pennsylvania]], to Thomas Mawn (1881-1967), a railroad worker, and the late Elizabeth Mawn. He was conscripted into the Army in April 1941, when he was the 26-year-old manager of the soft goods department for a business in [[New York City]]. He was assigned to overseas duty with the 94th Infantry Division as a heavy machine gun platoon sergeant. He received a battlefield commission in March 1945 and was discharged six months later. Mawn's decorations included the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, the [[Purple Heart]], the [[Bronze Star]], and four battle stars for combat in northern [[France]], the Ardennes Forest, the [[Rhineland]], and the Central European campaigns