Passengers reading and sleeping, train, WDC-NYC

Original sepia pen and ink sketch, signed by Shannon, of Fort Belvoir soldiers with weekend passes, on a train from Washington, DC to New York City, one reading, and others sleeping. Original sepia pen and ink sketch, signed by Shannon, of Fort Belvoir soldiers with weekend passes, on a train from Washington, DC to New York City, one reading, and others sleeping. Shannon served as a war artist with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific War Art Unit in 1943. Later became picture editor and illustrator for the Army Information and Education Division, New York, 1944-1946.