"Collins remembers Cash as a guy who was constantly writing poems and making sketches. One of his drawings was so popular it hung on the walls of the barracks for months. 'The drawing was titled "Custer's Last Stand,"' Collins said. 'He had drawn a picture of this mound of dirt with some bleached bones around it. Rising up out of the mound was this single digit. The drawing was kind of typical of his sense of humor. I have sometimes wondered what happened to it. It was the only thing I can recall being on the wall. He must have signed it. It would make a great piece of memorabilia now, but it probably just got thrown out in the trash.'"
"Collins said,'One of my fondest memories of him is sitting with his buddies on those footlockers, strumming his guitar, playing around and shooting the bull.'" After Cash was sent back home and discharged, Collins never saw him again.
Article comments
1 - Eric Olsen
Fascinating Joe, thanks!
2 - Julia Collins
Richard Collins, is my uncle!