1. James McEachin was one of only two soldiers to survive the ambush.
16 Facts About James McEachin
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In 2005 he was awarded both the Purple Heart and Silver Star by California Congressman David Dreier after James McEachin participated in a Veterans History Project interview for his office.
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When Dreier's aide, Carlos Cortez, learned that James McEachin had no copies of his military records, he quickly had the records traced and notified James McEachin of the Silver Star commendation.
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James McEachin began his acting career shortly after, and was signed by Universal as a contract actor in the 1960s.
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James McEachin was regularly cast in professional, "solid citizen" occupational roles, such as a lawyer or a police commander, guesting on numerous series such as Hawaii Five-O, The Rockford Files, Mannix, The Feather and Father Gang, The Eddie Capra Mysteries, Matlock, Jake and the Fatman, Diagnosis Murder, Dragnet, It Takes a Thief, and Adam-12, and in television movies including Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol ; The Alpha Caper and The Dead Don't Die.
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James McEachin played Mr Turner, a tax collector for the Internal Revenue Service, and later a character named Solomon Jackson, a co-worker that Archie Bunker tries to recruit for his social club, on the television show All in the Family.
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James McEachin played the deejay Sweet Al Monte in Play Misty for Me with Clint Eastwood.
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James McEachin made his third film with Eastwood in 1983 when he starred as Detective Barnes in the fourth Dirty Harry movie, Sudden Impact.
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James McEachin appeared as Dr Victor Millson, chairman of the fictitious National Council of Astronautics in the 1984 movie 2010.
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James McEachin appeared in the 1994 crime thriller Double Exposure.
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James McEachin's first work was a military history of the court-martial of 63 black American soldiers during the First World War, titled Farewell to the Mockingbirds.
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James McEachin published Pebbles in the Roadway in 2003, a collection of short stories and essays which he describes as "a philosophical view of America and Americans".
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In 2005, James McEachin produced the award-winning audio book Voices: A Tribute to the American Veteran.
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In early 2006, James McEachin starred with David Huddleston in Reveille, a short film that played to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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James McEachin was inspired to create, direct, produce, and star in the short Old Glory.
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In 2001, James McEachin received the Distinguished Achievement Award from Morgan State University.