The Autobiography of Ltc John (Jack) H. Adams from 1931 to 2011: Volume 2

By Jack Adams

This book is an autobiography of my life with my brother, Don from my early years growing up in Washington, D.C. as my mother Bernice Augusta along with my father, John H. Adams Sr. for part of the period nurtured, sacrificed and cared for us with meager funds. After separation from my father, my mother struggled even more and for several years twice sent us to Tulsa, Ok, where we were nurtured and given the utmost love, and learned to honor Jesus Christ by my maternal Grandmother, Minnie Mae Guess, who we affectionately called Mama Dear. Quintessentially my greatest fortune in my life was meeting and marrying Helen, who I met at Howard University. As I reflect back on our 52 years of marriage, she was the catalyst for any career success I had in the military and later in the U.S Government and for writing this book. She loved & adored her four children and a committed worshiper of Jesus Christ. However after her passing, I was again so fortunate to meet a gracious and lovely lady, named Rolando who has also accepted me with all of my imperfections and have made my life complete.

Jack Adams

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jan 23, 2012
• ISBN: 9781467071970

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FOREWARD FOR VOLUME #II OF MY AUTOBIOGRAPY

This Volume II is a continuation of my life story from the first book (Volume#1), and it for the most part follows a chronology of time sequence and dates. However please be considerate that I have sometimes violated sequential time chronology by elaborating and/ or adding events that I missed including in Volume#1. However I believed that it was important enough to include an event/image irrespective of its actual time occurrence. Again, thank you for your tolerance in my effort to include all poignant events that occurred in my life or impacted it.

RESPECTFULLY YOURS

JACK (OR AS HELEN CALLED ME

SOMETIMES PECK’S BAD BOY")

This book is a continuation of my developing my autobiography, which I want to leave as an insight (from my point of view) for the enjoyment, information of my descendants, relatives and friends. It is obviously a subjective resume of the some of the significant and even trivia events which I experienced during my life time. Quintessentially, the two most impactful events in my life was my first date with Helen, and the second was my losing the dearest companion of my almost 52 years of marriage. Helen is the single most influential catalyst and impetus for my writing this autobiography. I wanted to capsulize what she meant to me, our family and how her very positive attitude on life events had a positive affect on all of us, but for me it was the ALL & BE ALL. I was so moved, when she and the family took me to KCI airport to send me off for a year to Korea, and Helen broke down crying at the last minute, which said volumes of what she thought of me!!!

I trust all who read and view the many images will be able to assess or gain some sense of what she meant to me, her family, friends and any person(s) who ever came in contact with her. She was not perfect, but her intractable belief in God and her infectuous laughter was the hallmark of her personality. Although I did not realize at the time, she incrementally help to mold my personality to become a better person.

These are pictures of the Kansas City Regional Office employees in an outside and inside picture. Jack is on the first row middle in both pictures.

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KC Regional Financial Center Employees inside office

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KC Financial Center Emplyees Outside

Jack is on the second row in both pictures

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Inside Picture of KFC Employees

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Kansas City Regional Financial Center U S Treasury Employees

Helen and Marian Frank in the Frank’s hot tub across the street from our residence at 8612 W. 72nd. Terrace, Overland Park, Ks.

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Helen & Marian Frank in their Hot Tub

Helen and I on a ship cruise, with an optional boat trip to Cayman Islands and swimming with the Sting Rays.

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Cayman Island Swimming with Sting Rays

Helen and Melissa at her home in Manhattan after her graduation from K-State University in Manhattan, Ks.

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Helen with Melissa Grad of K-State

Helen feeding Aleshia at Falcon Ridge Residence at Lenexa, Ks.

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Helen feeding Baby Aleshia at Falcon Ridge

Jack & Helen at Subers’ Naperville, IL.

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Jack & Helen at Subers’ Naperville, IL.

Jack & Helen at the Columbia Air Show.

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Helen with straw hat and Jack’s head popping out above story board

Helen with Aleshia and Calob in front of the residence at 9334 Falcon Ridge Drive, Lenexa, Ks.

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Helen with Aleshia &Calob

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Helen, Calob & Aleshia

A thank you card signed by Helen.

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Thank You Card

Helen’s Valentine’s Card to Jack—recalling that Valentine’s Day, 1953 was our very first date at the formal dance with the Earl Bostic orchestra at the Linclon Colonnade, on U St. N.W., Washington, D.C. Also a 60th birthday card from Helen.

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Valentine Card from Helen

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60th Birthday Card

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ValentineCard

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Valentine Card from Helen

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Valentine card (another)

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Valentine Card, Image

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Valentine Card, Image

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Our First Date Feb. 14th, 1953

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Valentine Card, (Picture of Heart, Arrows and text)

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Brother Don, Helen & me at the base chapel, RGAFB, MO.

Helen, Denise & Rhiannon with cowboy hats.

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Picture of Helen, Denise & Rhiannon in Cowboy Hats

Helen during a Florida vacation.

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Helen standing next to a dolphin statue in Orlando, Fl.

Helen and Sharon & Howard Tamborella at the bar in Boston where the TV series Cheers was created. Also Adams’ & Tamborella in front of the bar.

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Helen & the Tamborella’s sitting and holding mugs in the Cheers bar in Boston

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Jack &Helen & Tamborella’s outside in front of the Cheers Bar

Don & Jon with Santa Claus.

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Jon with Santa Claus

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Don with Santa Claus

Jack & Helen at President John Kennedy’s library in Boston, Ma.

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Jack & Helen standing in front of the Presidential Seal at the JFK library

Helen, Ormer & Helen Rogers at the auto show at Bartle Hall, KC, Mo.

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Helen & Jack with the Roger’s at the Auto Show

Helen and Beth Hebert Duncan at Barbara Hebert’s residence in Abbeville, La.

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Helen & Beth Hebert in Abbeville, La.

Helen & Jack at Elvis Presley’s Graceland in Memphis, Tn.

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Helen & Jack at Elvis Presley’s Graceland

Helen & Jack standing in front of a large opening surrounded by a Wreath.

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Jack & Helen standing at the opening surrounded by a large wreath

Helen sitting, and Jack standing in ours living room at their Oak Hill residence, next to their decorated Christmas Tree.

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Helen sitting & Jack standing over her, next to the decorated Christmas Tree in our living room

Jack riding a bicycle on a bike trail in Lenexa, Ks.

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Jack riding a bike on bike trail

Jean & George McGeachie, visted us in our hotel room in Sidney, B.C. near Victoria Helen in the middle. Jean was unfortunately now estranged from her mother, who passed at 90+ years a couple of years ago. Mrs. Masson, Jean’s mother is included in the second picture, before the estrangement. Also Jack is in the third picture. Jack & Helen sitting on a wall in front of the Victoria British Columbia Conference Center.

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Jean & George McGeachie, & Helen in our hotel room in Sidney

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