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Hometown. he joined the army while still enrolled in high school, he signed up for the army. even at that young age john said he was 100% sure that was what he wanted to do. he served three deployments, two to iraq and one to afghanistan.e that july, his unit came under fire from both sides of a river. they took heavy casualties in the ambush. john was targeted while trying to recover the body of his company commander. i was shot by machine gun, multiple times in the right upper thigh, basically cutting my leg and half. for the next three years, he fought to keep his leg. eventually with support from his wife sarah and daughters, he made the excruciating decision to amputate. looking back on it, john considers that the best decision of his life. it freedfe him to begin his recovery in full and start running, climbing, playing golf. ....