Moving in, Invasion of Rendova Island

Original pen and ink and wash sketch, signed by Shannon, of three Rangers of the 127th Infantry, moving through the jungle brush and stream, stalking a Japanese sniper; dead Japanese soldier in right foreground; Invasion of Rendova, Solomon Islands Campaign. Original pen and ink and wash sketch, signed by Shannon, of three Rangers of the 127th Infantry, moving through the jungle brush and stream, stalking a Japanese sniper; dead Japanese soldier in right foreground; Invasion of Rendova, Solomon Islands Campaign. 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.