On deck, hospital transport Ship

Original pen and ink drawing, signed by Shannon, of wounded soldiers sitting around deck, not to stay below in the foul and hot hold of the ship, where they are quartered; returning from Noumea, New Caledonia to Army Hospital, San Francisco. Original pen and ink drawing, signed by Shannon, of wounded soldiers sitting around deck, not to stay below in the foul and hot hold of the ship, where they are quartered; returning from Noumea, New Caledonia to Army Hospital, San Francisco. 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.