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Did James Earl Jones ever live in Colorado?
Jones, at the time, was a second lieutenant in the 38th Regimental Combat Team. He had recently graduated from the Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Michigan. Assigned to Camp Hale in Leadville in the early 1950s, Jones established a cold weather training command.
He debuted on Broadway in 1957, performing in Shakespeare plays including “Othello,” “Hamlet” and “King Lear.”
Sources
- U.S. Army Facebook post
- New York Times James Earl Jones, Whose Powerful Acting Resonated Onstage and Onscreen, Dies at 93
- US Department of Defense Famed Actor Who Voiced 'Star Wars' Darth Vader Is Army Vet
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