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Sgt. John Quincy Adams was on patrol in Ramadi August 29, 2003 when a remote controlled bomb exploded under his humvee sending shrapnel into his head and body leaving him brain damaged.
There is not that much I can do now because if I do it and I fall, and I hit my head, it will cause for it to move my brain and the metal I have back here will move. My head doesn't let me work, plus my arm.
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. I take them both with me and my wife to the Veterans Hospital.
I was happy Sadaam was caught because my guys will come back soon.
(C) Nina Berman - Purple Hearts - Trolley
His wife, Summer Adams, added these comments:
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 in the arm which damaged nerves and tendons. And then the mental issue.
Adams, 37, from Miramar, Florida, was a Reservist with the Florida National Guard, 124th Infantry. This story can also be found in Purple Hearts, a book by Nina Berman, and is available on this website.
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