User:FightWithHonor/Lee F. Winslow

Introduction
Nephew of historian Shelby F. Winslow, Lee F. Winslow, waould prove to be a worthy sucessor to the legcay of his uncle. Lee F. Winslow,

Early Life
Born to Shelby F. Winslow's junior brother Harrrison Winslow, Lee Winslow lived the life of an academicicna's son, surrounded by learning, but never given the attention and love a growing child craves so dearly.

Ignored by virtually his entire family, the young Lee wandered into the woods near his father's Virginia house, coming across a rough-hewn cabin. Creeping inside, Lee scaled the stairs, to discover a gray-haired scholar industriously scribbling in the margins of a yellowed book. Lee tiptoed forward, hoping for a better look at what the man was doing, but he trod upon a gnarled board, and the ensuing creak alerted the man of the mischevious toddler's approach. Turning at the unexpected noise, the old man's face immediately beamed. Hopping from his chair with a speed, befittng a far younger man, he snatched Lee into his arms and tiwrled him in the air. From than dasy onwards, the aged man (whom Lee would later discover was his uncle Shelby and the young boy were inseperable.

Shelby instilled in Lee a love for books and for histroy, and the two spent many pleasent hours in quiet reading or in animated discussion. But time took its toll upon the elder Winslow, and when Lee was 11 years old, Shelby died.

With the death of his beloved uncle, Lee felt as if his life had lost its purpose. Grieving for his uncle, Lee began to blame his parents for Shelby's death, and as tensions rose between Lee and his family, he was sent to boarding school. After several unsuccessful runaway attempts on the part of Lee, he was finally returned home. Lee isolated himslef in his uncle's old library, appearing to his parents only at meals. Upon his 18th birthday, Lee left home and headed into the wider world.

The Marines
With little formal education, Lee was disgruntled by civilian life, and so he signed on with the UNSC Marine Corps. Overly intellectual and physically unfit, Lee graduated from Basic at the bottom of his class. Assigned to serve in the Infantry, Lee rebelled under authority, but to his surprise he found himself pealing potatoes and cleaning latrines whenever he did so. Reluctantly, Lee began to forge a grudging respect for the service, and with it a natural talent for soldiering. Recalling Shelby's remark that "the great soldiers of history were not the showy, but the servicable," vowed to at least become a servicable soldier to honor his uncle.

Lee's efforts attracted the attention of his platoon leader, earning him a promoting to Lance Corporal, and a passing mention in a report to battalion. While reading the report the battalion CO Martin Streyer, noticed the "Winslow" surname, and wondering if Lee was related to the unassuming but brilliant ONI employee his own father had known years before, the Streyer conducted a background search on Lee, discovering that Lee was indeed, Shelby's progeny. Hoping Lee would prove to be cut of the same cloth as his uncle, Streyer posted Lee to his headquarters.

Lee flourished under Streyer's watchful eye, for even the harshest rebuke from Streyer was a crticism filled only with genuine care and concern for Lee's future. But Fate had a harsher plan for Lee.

The Accident
During a routine peacetime patrol, a Warthog Lee was riding in overturned at high speed, fracturing Lee's spinal column, literally pulverizing, and killing the other two Marien lee