Rendova Mud, Invasion of Rendova Island

Original oil painting signed by Shannon, of two jeeps and a supply truck bogged down in mud on a jungle road; American soldiers unloading truck; dead Japanese soldier in lower right foreground; Invasion of Rendova, Solomon Islands Campaign. Original oil painting signed by Shannon, of two jeeps and a supply truck bogged down in mud on a jungle road; American soldiers unloading truck; dead Japanese soldier in lower 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. title provided by cataloger