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THE GOSPEL SIDE OF “THE MAN IN BLACK”
John R. "Johnny" Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003)
"The Man Comes Around" is the title track from Johnny Cash‘s American IV:
The Man Comes Around, released in 2002. It was actually written a few years
earlier; however, Cash updated it for the album. It is one of the last songs Cash
wrote before his death.
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THE SLAPPING INCIDENT
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, commander of the Seventh U.S. Army, visited a
military hospital in Sicily where he confronted a soldier who was hospitalized
for "battle fatigue". He accused the private, 18-year-old Charles H. Kuhl, of
being a coward and slapped him twice.
Patton’s superior, General Dwight Eisenhower, compelled him to apologize
and sidelined him for almost a year after the incident.
Congress and the general public expressed both support and disdain for
Patton’s actions,
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