In December 1941, on orders of BG William Sharp, he was transferred to Bukidnon to command a battalion of Philippine Army.

[2] Transferred to Davao SubSector in Digos were he was also he became executive officer to Lieutenant Colonel Howard Perry and later commanded the 101st Infantry Regiment.

[3] He fought Muira detachment in February until he was replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Reed Graves commander of 101st Field Artillery Regiment.

He was rescued by Filipino fishermen and turned him over to Captain Claro Laureta the guerilla commander of Davao.

He was sent home by SWPAC Headquarters to recuperate while attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

The invasion was cancelled due to the dropping of the Atomic bombs that capitulated Japan into unconditional surrender.

[5] At the start of Korean war, Lieutenant Colonel John H. McGee was ordered to 8th US Army Headquarters in the Naktong Perimeter of South Korea.

It was an assigned where his experience during World War II was put into used as it conducts guerilla operations in North Korea.