Shannon, James (Interview outline and video), 2008

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Title

Shannon, James (Interview outline and video), 2008

Creator

Contributor

Smither, James (Interviewer)
Kentwood Historic Preservation Commission (Kentwood, Mich.)
WKTV (Wyoming, Mich.)

Description

James Shannon was born in Galveston, Texas in 1928. He enlisted in the Merchant Marines while in his first year of college. He had boot camp in Catalina, California and went to radio school on Hoffman Island in the New York Harbor. He completed his training just as the war ended, and served on merchant ships carrying relief supplies and other cargoes to Europe, Africa, and Asia, alternating voyages with terms in college. During the Korean War, he served on a troop transport ship. He eventually completed his degree in electrical engineering, stopped sailing and worked as an engineer designing anti-submarine warfare systems.

Date

2008-05-20

Rights

Publisher

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier

ShannonJ

Format

application/pdf
video/mp4

Type

Moving Image
Text

Language

eng

Citation

Shannon, James, “Shannon, James (Interview outline and video), 2008,” Digital Collections, accessed December 23, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29529.
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