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==Background==

==Background==

Guin was born in [[El Paso]], [[Texas]], to James Frank Guin (1882-1930) and the former Bessie Aline Reeves (1898-1991), both originally from Bienville Parish in northwestern Louisiana. The Guins had moved to El Paso in the hope that the dry climate would alleviate the impact of the [[tuberculosis]] which James Guin had contracted during [[World War I]] while serving in the [[United States Army]]. After his father's death, Mrs. Guin relocated with their three-year-old son to [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], Louisiana, where they lived with her mother. Bessie Guin subsequently married James E. Fitch, Sr., an [[Ohio]] native, and the couple resided in Shreveport. In addition to Billy, there was a second son, James Fitch, Jr. (born c. 1937).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.com/1940-census/billy-guin-la-14073283|title=Billy James Guin in the 1940 Census|publisher=archives.com|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>​

Guin (pronounced GEW IN) was born in [[El Paso]], [[Texas]], to James Frank Guin (1882-1930) and the former Bessie Aline Reeves (1898-1991), both originally from Bienville Parish in northwestern Louisiana. The Guins had moved to El Paso in the hope that the dry climate would alleviate the impact of the [[tuberculosis]] which James Guin had contracted during [[World War I]] while serving in the [[United States Army]]. After his father's death, Mrs. Guin relocated with their three-year-old son to [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], Louisiana, where they lived with her mother. Bessie Guin subsequently married James E. Fitch, Sr., an [[Ohio]] native, and the couple resided in Shreveport. In addition to Billy, there was a second son, James Fitch, Jr. (born c. 1937).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.com/1940-census/billy-guin-la-14073283|title=Billy James Guin in the 1940 Census|publisher=archives.com|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>​

Guin graduated in 1944 from Clifton Ellis Byrd High School in Shreveport and then entered [[Virginia Military Institute]] in Lexington, [[Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Virginia_Military_Institute_Bomb_Yearbook/1949/Page_128.html|title=Billy Guin, Class of 1949|publisher=e-yearbook.com|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>  Guin left VMI for duty in the [[United States Marine Corps]] in extended [[World War II]] service. He then returned to VMI, from which he received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. There he met his wife, the former Nancy Jane Beale (1927-2018), a native of Franklin near [[Norfolk]], Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=187986102|title=Nancy Jane Beale Guin|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=January 28, 2018|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>​

Guin graduated in 1944 from Clifton Ellis Byrd High School in Shreveport and then entered [[Virginia Military Institute]] in Lexington, [[Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Virginia_Military_Institute_Bomb_Yearbook/1949/Page_128.html|title=Billy Guin, Class of 1949|publisher=e-yearbook.com|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>  Guin left VMI for duty in the [[United States Marine Corps]] in extended [[World War II]] service. He then returned to VMI, from which he received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. There he met his wife, the former Nancy Jane Beale (1927-2018), a native of Franklin near [[Norfolk]], Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=187986102|title=Nancy Jane Beale Guin|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=January 28, 2018|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>​