MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Every Friday, in partnership with the Florida Panthers, we put the spotlight on a hero among us, men or women who have gone beyond the call of duty for our country. Today, we’re meeting World War II United States Army veteran John Adams.
John Adams was drafted in 1943 to fight in World War II.
It was very hard on him both physically and emotionally because the Army was segregated at the time. He and the other soldiers in the black platoon would have to haul gasoline and barb wire to the front lines in Germany.