Willie was a medic in the army during the Vietnam war. After, he bought a property in Cornelius, North Carolina 40 years before the invasion with the wife. Willie's wife died of unknown reasons, and after his stepson died in Afghanistan, as he was a paratrooper, which triggered his daughter Alicia and her kids to move to the farm.
Willie McComb lives on an 1000 acre farm, with no major roads or neighbors. The reason the aliens haven't attacked is the tree coverage, and to survive they trap rabbits, squirrels and catch crawdads in the creek to eat, and get water from the spring. Willie owns a gas generator on the farm, and was big on stockpiling before the invasion hit. Willie and Alicia have kept the war away from the kids, and have only had a few scares of explosions and rockets in the air.
