After attending Oklahoma A&M College from 1917 to 1919, he enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1919, and spent the next two years on garrison duty at Parris Island, South Carolina.

On return to the States in March 1928, he was assigned to preliminary aviation training at the Naval Air Station, San Diego, California.

[4] After earning the Navy and Marine Corps Medal there, he returned to the United States to enter flight training at Pensacola, Florida in January 1931.

In February 1932 he qualified as a naval aviator,[3] and was assigned to Aircraft Squadrons, West Coast Expeditionary Forces in San Diego, California.

[2] From the period of August 1936 to June 1939, he attended the Air Corps Tactical School at Maxwell Field in Alabama, after which he returned to Quantico as an instructor until July 1939.

[3] During the Battle of Okinawa, he commanded all the Marine Landing Force Air Support Control units, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V".

"[4] He helped organize the Marine Military Academy at Harlingen, Texas, where he served as superintendent and president of the board of trustees from 1964 to 1988.

[citation needed] He was a member of the National Rifle Association of America and wrote numerous articles on firearms for various sporting magazines.

[citation needed] Megee died in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on January 14, 1992, at age 91 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery with his wife Nell.