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Laron D. Shannon, Jr.

by Photo courtesy of Laron “D” Shannon
| March 15, 2013 10:00 PM

Laron D. Shannon Jr. served in World War II with the Flying Tigers supporting Merrill’s Marauders. After his son, 1st Lt. Kenneth Arthur Shannon, was killed in Vietnam, he helped raise his grandson, Laron “D” Shannon.