John Quincy Adams

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John Quincy Adams

Stg. John Quincy Adams (37)

I was doing landscaping and lawn service in North Miami with
my father-in-law. I loved it. Now I like being with the kids and my
wife. I try to be with them always. But the big one likes school and
the little one stays behind. I take them both with me and my wife to
the Veterans Hospital.

There is not that much I can do now because if I do it and l fall.
and I hit my head, it will cause for it lo move my brain and the
metal I have back here will move. My head doesn't let me work,
plus my arm.

I joined the Guard for the money and I liked putting on the
uniform.

It was in Jordan I landed and there was, how can I say, it was my
destiny and l felt inside me empty because my wife wasn't there, but
I knew I had to do it.

I was happy Saddam was caught because my guys will come back
soon.

Summer Adams, John's wife: He can't run. We can't let him
run. We can't let him risk falling. He needs a lot of sleep because
the medication makes him very drowsy. He's on medication for
seizures, mood swings and depression.

He has metal in the right lower quadrant of the brain. He had a
lot of rock and shrapnel that came on the side of his face and he
has several entry and exit wounds m the arm which damaged
nerves and tendons. And then the mental issue.

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