Little known facts of Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash Used to intercept Russian intelligence

Before becoming a musician, Cash worked in the Air Force. While most people waited to be drafted for the required two years, Cash wanted more and stayed for four. He was shipped to Germany during the Korean War. His role was to intercept and decipher Russian morse code. He used his military pay checks to buy his first guitar. Pretty damn cool if you ask us. But wait, there's more..

Update: This article went viral on Reddit recently and JustinCayce asked:

if [Johnny Cash] were a trained radio operator who intercepted and decoded Russian radio messages, don't you think he would at least have had to speak Russian?

To answer the question, the message was sent via Russian morse code. Johnny Cash learned to decipher Russian morse code during his stay at the Air Force. You can chalk this up as an eighth thing you didn't know about Johnny Cash.

Johnny Cash was the first American to know about Stalin's death

That's right, the man in black, discovered that Soviet Union Premier, Joseph Stalin, died before US president Dwight Eisenhower even knew. He was working as a radio operator for the military at the time of Stalin's death and was the first person to receive the message.

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