Michael E. McGuinn III
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Colonel Michael E. McGuinn III was commissioned a Transportation Corps Officer from Officer Candidate School 4 March 1949. His first duty assignment was as a Platoon Leader, 116th Transportation Stevedore Company, Fort Eustis, Virginia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Amphibious Truck Officer, 460th Amphibious Truck Company, Fort Storey, Virginia; Regular Army Competitive Tour, New York Port of Embarkation, New York, New York; Intelligence Staff Officer, 44th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington; Commanding Officer, 7th Reconnaissance Company, 7th Infantry Division, Korea; Military Science Instructor, The Transportation School, Fort Eustis, Virginia; Assistant Army Attache; American Embassy, Copenhagen, Denmark; Secretary General Staff, Headquarters, Continental Army Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia; United States/United Kingdom Exchange Officer, Royal Corp of Transport, Langmoor Camp, England; Assistant Executive, Office of Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, Washington, D.C.; Operations Officer, 124th Transportation Command, Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam; Commanding Officer, 10th Transportation Battalion, Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam; Chief, Transportation Division, U.S. Readiness Command Joint Staff, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida. | Colonel McGuinn was serving as Chief of Staff, Georgia State Defense Force, Georgia Department of Defense, Atlanta, Georgia, at the time of his induction into the Hall of Fame.