John McGinnis

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John McGinnis
Real Name	John McGinnis
Species	Human
Citizenship	American
Gender	Male
Date of Death	1946
Title(s)	General
Affiliation	United States Army
Status	Deceased
Appearances
TV Series	Agent Carter *The Blitzkrieg Button (mentioned) *The Iron Ceiling (mentioned) *Valediction (mentioned)

"My lab was raided. They took my samples, my research, all on the orders of General McGinnis."

―Howard Stark to Peggy Carter^[src]

John McGinnis was a General of the U.S. Army during World War II.

Biography

In 1944, McGinnis raided the labs of Howard Stark, in order to confiscate a gas called Midnight Oil. As the gas was designed to relieve peoples need to sleep in many days straight, McGinnis deployed the gas on the Soviet 478th Rifle Division outside of the German town of Finow with the intention that it would increase their chances of taking Finow from the Wehrmacht. What General McGinnis did not know was that the gas also causes symptoms that results from sleep deprivation, like anger, hallucinations, psychosis. That resulted in the so called Battle of Finow, where the Soviet soldiers slaughtered each other, leading to the near complete annihilation of the Soviet 478th Rifle Division.

After the battle, Howard Stark flew to Finow to witness the results. He became so shocked that he decided to assault General McGinnis, despite being physically inferior to the general. In an act of self-defense, McGinnis beat up Stark in front of his men.

Later, General McGinnis did everything in his power to cover-up the incident. He died of a heart-attack in 1946.