Vietnam Vet appears in PBS series We Shall Remain

Vietnam vet from Columbiaville plays Tecumseh's grandfather in PBS series
by Brenda Brissette Mata | The Flint Journal
Monday April 20, 2009, 9:40 AM

Wayne Jackson of Columbiaville speaks softly as he describes the shooting of the PBS history series "We Shall Remain" last year in Indiana.

The 68-year old Vietnam veteran and cancer survivor portrays the grandfather of legendary American Indian Tecumseh in "Tecumseh's Vision," 9 p.m. Monday on PBS, the second in the five-part PBS series that uses historians and American Indian experts and actors to portray American history from the American Indian perspective.

The first three episodes of the "We Shall Remain" series are shot as dramatic recreations and directed by Ric Burns, brother of PBS documentarian Ken Burns and American Indian director, Chris Eyre.

"Tecumseh's Vision" focuses on the famous Shawnee leader and his brother, Lalawethika (also known as Tenskwatawa or The Prophet), who in the early 1800s attempted to unite independent tribes into a single powerful Indian state.
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Vietnam vet from Columbiaville plays Tecumseh's grandfather in PBS series