Editing James MacCraw

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'''Private James MacCraw''' was a [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] stationed aboard the [[UNSC prowler|prowler]] {{UNSCShip|Red Horse}} in [[2552#October|October 2552]].{{Ref/Reuse|MonaLisa}}

==Biography==
===The Mona Lisa===
{{Main|Skirmish on Mona Lisa}}
MacCraw was a relatively new member of [[Sergeant (UNSC)|Sergeant]] [[Zhao Heng Lopez|Lopez]]'s squad by the time of their mission in the [[Soell]] system. An inexperienced rookie, MacCraw initially failed to impress Lopez, but he proved to be surprisingly competent in combat. He participated in the reconnaissance operation aboard the civilian [[Prison ship|prisoner ship]], ''[[Mona Lisa]]''. After a brief skirmish with a group of unarmored and unarmed [[Sangheili]], the group received new orders to enact the [[United Nations Space Command Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1|Cole Protocol]]. They split up into two teams, with MacCraw being assigned to the team led by Lopez, along with [[Mahmoud]], [[Percy]], [[Rakesh]] and [[Raj Singh|Singh]].{{Ref/Reuse|MonaLisa}}

While scouting the medical bay, the team MacCraw was with found an [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] [[Major (UNSC)|Major]] named [[John Smith]] locked inside a safe room. As they interrogated Smith about the experiments with the prisoners and the Flood, Smith broke free and killed Mahmoud with a concealed knife. By the time they reached the bridge of the ''Mona Lisa'', MacCraw and Lopez were the only remaining members of their party. On the bridge, they managed to raise the ''Red Horse'', learning that not only had Smith stolen their only Pelican, but a [[Shiva-class nuclear missile]] was being prepared to be fired at the ''Mona Lisa''. The captain of the ''Red Horse'' then told Lopez that there were two escape pods left on the lower deck, leaving out that the pods were only meant for single occupants.{{Ref/Reuse|MonaLisa}}

As MacCraw and Lopez defended the pods, [[Hospital Corpsman|Corpsman]] [[Ngoc Benti]] arrived with [[Clarence]] and two new additions; a prisoner named [[Patrick Rimmer]] and his Sangheili companion, nicknamed [[Henry (Sangheili)|"Henry"]]. Clarence, under strict orders from ONI Section III to not let anything but the Marines leave the ship, executed Rimmer. As a standoff developed, MacCraw dove into one of the remaining escape pods leaving the others behind.{{Ref/Reuse|MonaLisa}}

==Trivia==
*MacCraw is the only member of Lopez's squad to escape the ''Mona Lisa,'' and along with "John Doe" and Major John Smith is one of the only three people to be on the ''Mona Lisa'' during the outbreak and survive.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:TML - MacCraw_armor.png|MacCraw wearing his [[UNSC Marine Corps Battle Dress Uniform|Marine BDU]].
File:TML - chase.png|Lopez and MacCraw being pursued by the Flood shortly before reaching the bridge.
File:TML - Lopez n MacCraw.png|Lopez and MacCraw on the bridge of the ''Mona Lisa''.
File:TML - MacCraw & Lopez.png|MacCraw and Lopez fire upon a horde of Flood as they make a run for the escape pods.
File:TML - McCraw n Knife.png|MacCraw holding his [[combat knife]].
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''
**''[[The Mona Lisa]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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[[Category:Human characters|MacCraw, James]]
[[Category:UNSC Marine Corps enlisted personnel|MacCraw, James]]