John F. Baker was an ordinary person in his high school years, he was a gymnast at Moline High School all four years. John was doing what most kids were doing, joining the military. John was born on October 30, 1945, in Davenport, Iowa. John was only five feet two inches tall and weighed only 105 pounds. In high school, which later in life would eventually help him. John, after high school, joined the United States Army.
John excelled in the Army from being