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By late [[2552]], McGinnis held the [[UNSC rank structure|rank]] of [[Private First Class|Private, First Class]] in the Marine Corps. He was present during the [[Battle for Earth]], and took part in the [[Battle of Voi]] late in the campaign on [[2552#November|November 17]]. By this time in the war, McGinnis wanted to leave the Corps and was considering ways to be medically discharged, and considered options like falling out of a building to break a leg or shoot his own hand to leave himself unfit for service.{{Ref/Reuse|HMA5}} | By late [[2552]], McGinnis held the [[UNSC rank structure|rank]] of [[Private First Class|Private, First Class]] in the Marine Corps. He was present during the [[Battle for Earth]], and took part in the [[Battle of Voi]] late in the campaign on [[2552#November|November 17]]. By this time in the war, McGinnis wanted to leave the Corps and was considering ways to be medically discharged, and considered options like falling out of a building to break a leg or shoot his own hand to leave himself unfit for service.{{Ref/Reuse|HMA5}} | ||
Following the crash-landing of the [[Flood]]-infested {{ | Following the crash-landing of the [[Flood]]-infested {{Class|CCS|battlecruiser}} ''[[Indulgence of Conviction]]'' in [[Voi|the city]], McGinnis came face-to-face with the Flood parasite itself. As the parasite attacked and began to reanimate his former friends as [[Flood combat form|combat forms]], McGinnis panicked and attempted to desert the battle - leaving his squadmates to be overrun. Colum found a [[Warthog]] and managed to use it to escape the carnage, though soon had to slow down to fit through a barricade when he was stopped in the road by [[John-117]]. The [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan]] ordered McGinnis to turn around to give him a ride into the combat zone, though did not comment on McGinnis' attempted desertion until nearing the end of the drive - in which he relayed to McGinnis that he still had a chance to right his mistake. The words inspired McGinnis, who then fought alongside the Master Chief to clear out the area, before being ordered to find any surviving Marine unit to link up with.{{Ref/Reuse|HMA5}} | ||
McGinnis found himself under the command of [[Colonel]] [[Rochambeau]], who was discussing using the Master Chief in a similar manner to a piece of equipment - causing McGinnis to fly into a blind rage and punch the officer to iterate that the Spartan is a human and should be treated as such.{{Ref/Reuse|HMA5}} | McGinnis found himself under the command of [[Colonel]] [[Rochambeau]], who was discussing using the Master Chief in a similar manner to a piece of equipment - causing McGinnis to fly into a blind rage and punch the officer to iterate that the Spartan is a human and should be treated as such.{{Ref/Reuse|HMA5}} | ||
