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Colin Powell was born in New York in 1953 to Jamaican immigrants. He attended public schools in New York and later City College of New York and George Washington University. He joined the ROTC and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the US Army, becoming a commander and serving in South Vietnam under President Kennedy, where he was wounded and received awards including the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Throughout his career he received 11 total awards.
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