Didn't want to start a new thread and this seems like an appropriate palce.
I was browsing through an add filled slide show on 55 celebrities that served in the military and found this on Johnny Cash:
http://www.oydad.com/and-more/celebs-served-military/20/
I was browsing through an add filled slide show on 55 celebrities that served in the military and found this on Johnny Cash:
http://www.oydad.com/and-more/celebs-served-military/20/
QuoteJohnny Cash was born in 1932 in Kingsland Arkansas and died at the age of 71 in Nashville after an outstanding career as a country and blues song writer and performer. He is a leading artist of the last century and one of the best-selling musicians of all time selling more than 90 million records worldwide. He is primarily known as a country singer but also known for his songs that include rock and roll, the blues, gospel and folk. In 1950 Cash enlisted in the US Air Force where he was assigned to the 12th Radio Squadron Mobile of the United States Air force Security Service in Germany. He functioned in the position of Morse Code operator intercepting Soviet Army transmissions. He served until July of 1953 and was honorably discharged. He returned to the States to begin his music career.quote