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The Man In Black, Johnny Cash, Uncovered in these Little Known Facts

Trista December 27, 2018 12 min

Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down — A photograph of Johnny Cash with a cigarette. Blogspot.

25. Cash Joined the Air Force in 1950

Country superstar served in the US Air Force from 1950 until 1954. Pinterest.

The military gave many young Americans the chance to escape the poverty that plagued them during the Great Depression. Cash joined in 1950, as the Cold War was setting in. He spent much of his military time in Texas and in Germany, where he intercepted Soviet messages.