William Gaines

William "Willy" Gaines is one of four main characters in Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault. Alongside with Tommy Conlin, Frank Minoso and Jimmy Sullivan. Willy Gaines is only sniper on Thomas Conlin's squad 
Willy is voice by Will Friedle.
== Summary ==
=== Background ===
William Gaines was born in Gates County, North Carolina in 1923. He is the son of farmers and since he was a child, he has always taken his father's gun to hunt, and proved that he is a good aimer. However, Willy Gaines is not a very polite and is an extremely irritating boy and sometimes even makes bad jokes, for some time, he even lied about his age to join the US Army and then he meets his friends: Tommy Conlin, Frank Minoso and Jimmy Sullivan. 
=== Makin Raid ===
In 1942, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Willy served in Tommy's Squadron along with Jimmy Sullivan and Frank Minoso, which was the Baker Squad, along with Able and Charlie Squad, they arrived at Makin Island, where there was a small Japanese base.
The Baker squad's task is to destroy a Japanese radio tower, they managed to destroy the tower, and after achieving the objective, Carlson, leader of the attack, orders the Baker squad to destroy a Japanese fuel supply that was on the other side of the island, and So, Tommy, Willy, Jimmy and Frank leave for the base, but they had to go to the jungle during the day and avoid the Japanese patrol that was wandering through the jungle.
They manage to reach the supply base and manage to destroy it until news arrives that the pilot who was shot down last night during the initiation of the invasion of Makin Island survived, and they need to rescue the pilot as quickly as possible, the squadron manages to rescue the pilot and return to the beach which was the meeting point until they were ambushed by Japanese soldiers who prevented them from leaving, while the entire squadron was about to leave, Jimmy discovered that Willy had disappeared and Frank ordered Tommy to find him, and Tommy finds Gaines all injured, and takes him to the boat until they arrive on the USS Argonaut, they manage to destroy the Japanese Navy's counterattack and leave Makin Island.
=== Battle of Guadalcanal ===
August 28, 1942, 11 days after Makin's invasion, Willy, Tommy, Frank and Jimmy are transferred to the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Whose task is to eliminate a village that was a small Japanese base that is close to Henderson airport, the Baker squad manages to neutralize the base and reach Henderson airport, but they are surprised by Japanese artillery, they escape by truck, but Hess escapes and is caught by the artillery, while the squad flees through the jungle they are caught by the artillery, causing the truck to crash and everyone to collapse.
After the squad wakes up, they have the task of eliminating the artillery, Willy, Tommy, Frank and Jimmy manage to destroy the artillery and defend themselves from the Japanese counterattack, but Nick is caught in a trap that was in the ammunition box, they they intend to return to Henderson airport on foot, passing through dangers in the jungles.
Willy, Tommy, Jimmy and Frank return to Henderson Airport, but are ambushed by a Japanese patrol and surprised by Japanese bombing raids. Baker squad eliminates all Japanese patrols along the way and frees the airport from the Japanese infantry and Navy. The next day, the marines are given the task of defending Edson's Ridge from a Japanese counterattack, Willy, Frank, Tommy and Jimmy manage to defend themselves from the counterattack, and Colonel Edson thanks the four soldiers for the work they did. And the next morning, the squad decides to patrol the Lunga River, but they come across the corpse of a dead American marine floating and dragged by the river, and discover that they are in a trap, and need to neutralize all the Japanese infantry in their path. Once they eliminate them all, they go to a jungle where a village called Kokumbona was located, which is a Japanese base for artillery supplies that plan to destroy the new runways at Henderson airport, the squad eliminates everyone and celebrates the victory.
=== Flyboys ===
Tommy, Willy, Frank and Jimmy are instructed to be plane gunners, whose task is to eliminate all the A6M Zeros that are in their path, but Davey is hit by a Zero, making Tommy pilot the SBD Douglas, the squadron they arrive on an island that was a Japanese base and destroy it, but as soon as they destroy and return to the base, they are spotted by an aircraft carrier and a Japanese destroyer that prevent them from returning to the base.
The squadron destroys the fleet and returns to base, but Mikey asks the squadron for help, as Frank Minoso was hit by the Zero fighter and the plane is on Mikey's trail, Tommy manages to destroy the Zero and Conlin lands the plane on the USS Independence.
=== Battle of Tarawa ===
November 20, 1943, Willy, Tommy and Jimmy (except Frank who was hit by the Zero fighter during the Flyboys mission) leave for a more dangerous battle on Tarawa Atoll (which is close to Makin Atoll), Willy and Tommy leave for the docks and neutralize a Japanese infantry, they return to the LVT and reach the beach but are hit by a mortar making everyone fly, they manage to survive.
Tommy, Willy, Jimmy and the Captain neutralize everything in sight: Japanese Infantry, Bunkers, Tanks and Marines, and as soon as they finish their service, they celebrate their victory with the US flag on top of the Bunker at the end of the island.
== Trivia ==
* William Gaines is the only NPC in the series to use the sniper version of the Springfield rifle.
* M1903 Springfield according to him is Willie's favorite weapon. He realized that he had made a stupid mistake when during the battle of Tarawa took a shotgun Remington Model 11 instead of M1903 Springfield.
* Gaines is the youngest members on Tommy's squad, he was born in 1923.
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