Herb Shannon; World War II Army Combat Photographer, Journalist
Herb Shannon, 80, former travel columnist and Army combat cameraman in Gen. George Patton’s Third Army in World War II. Many of the pictures he took between D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge appeared in Army war films. He worked more than 30 years for newspapers in Long Beach and Wilmington. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, two sons, a daughter and two grandchildren. In San Pedro on July 16 of a heart attack.
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