A big build, broad shoulders, and a little soft looking; no SEAL, this one.  Thick stubble, crooked nose, long ears, strong nose.  Hazel eyes, good teeth, easy smile.  A little more than 2m//5-11, and maybe 190?200? aka 85-90 kg.  Not that he looks all that distinctive, but there's something about him...

John's History that You already Know:

"Mother died just before my 18th birthday, stuck me with my one brother, two sisters an my dad.  Dad hadta have care, too, on account of too much drink.  So's I dropped outta school an' started in construction.

Tha money was enough to pay for the duplex, and I did some night school, but it never worked out.  When Sally, my youngest sister, went to go live with my aunt when she was 15, I just wanted to get away, so I signed onna dottod line with the Army."

He shrugged.  "Hadta get outta da house."

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Was in a variety of units, primarily the 3rd Infantry until Kuwait, where he was assigned into the 5th.  Shortly before hostilities, he was in a bike accident; John missed out on the fighting in Kuwait.  Due to disability, he was assigned to rear guard duties in Saudi, and then Germany.  Drifting back and forth as the war went on, he tried to be assigned back to front duties, but that was over so quickly...  When war broke out in Europe, he 'rear-guard' motor pool unit was pushed up into the front, where promptly, his truck was hit by artillery fire.  He was taken to the hospital ship in Kolbrzeg where he was treated by Elena.  On his recovery, he got thrown in with this group as he was a sergeant with some privates from different units guarding the hospital ship that Elena Chatwin was on; when she hooked up with Luke the Canuck, he tagged along.