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Remembering Colin Powell

When Colin Powell died on Oct. 18, 2021, (see obituary Page 12) many visitors to Vietnam magazine’s Facebook page shared their thoughts. Here’s a sampling:

He should have been our first Black POTUS!! R.I.P. sir!

John J. McMahon

The Black American president

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