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Being in Vietnam changed him [Johnny Cash] fundamentally. He was devastated when we went into Iraq.

Rosanne Cash

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Rosanne Cash
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: May 24
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Memphis
Tennessee
Changed
Went
Devastated
Johnny
Fundamentally
Vietnam
Cash
Iraq

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