General colin powell vietnam
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Colin Powell’s journey “from a working-class immigrant neighborhood in the South Bronx to the highest echelons of military, political, and diplomatic power was truly remarkable,” writes Jeffrey J. Matthews in Colin Powell: Imperfect Patriot. He says a crucial component of Powell’s rise—ultimately to chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretary of state—was his development as an “exemplary subordinate,” an extremely competent, hardworking, loyal assistant who in vända became an effective, inspirational leader. At times, however, superior “followership” led to failings in independent critical reasoning and errors in judgment, including in Vietnam, contends Matthews, who informed Powell “there would be sections of the book he would not like. To his credit, he encouraged me to ‘write what inom think fryst vatten right.’” Powell’s Army career began as an ROTC graduate in His first assignments were in West Germany and at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. After promotion to captain in , Powell receiv
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That Time Colin Powell Saved Crash Victims by Tearing Burning Metal with His Bare Hands
In , then-Maj. Colin Powell was a Ranger assigned to the Army’s 23rd Infantry Division. It was his second tour in Vietnam.
Just five years earlier, he was one of the American advisers to South Vietnam’s fledgling army. While on a foot patrol in Viet Cong-held areas in , the year-old Powell was wounded by a VC booby trap.
He stepped on a punji stick, which the VC laced with buffalo dung. The excrement created an infection that made it difficult for him to walk.
“The Special Forces medics cut my boot off, and they could see my foot was purple by then,” Powell said in an interview with the Academy of Achievement. “The spike had gone all the way through, from the bottom to the top, and then come right back out, totally infecting the wound as it made the wound.”
That ended his time in combat. Powell was reassigned to the 1st Army of the Republic of Vietnam division headquarters for the rest of
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Colin L. Powell
Colin Powell
General
3d Armored Division, 23d Infantry Division
April 5, &#; October 18,
Gen. Colin L. Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, November 6, Photographer Russell Roederer. Department of Defense.
The United States Army has seven core values: loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage. Together, they form the acronym LDRSHIP or leadership. The Army defines leadership as “anyone who by virtue of assumed role or assigned responsibility inspires and influences people to accomplish organized goals.” Throughout his year Army career, Colin Powell consistently exhibited the seven core values as well as extraordinary leadership ability. His stellar military reputation led him to enter the world of politics and become one of the most respected diplomats in American history.
Colin Luther Powell was born in Harlem, New York, on April 5, , to Jamaican immigrant parents. Described early on as affable but ai