(photo) Sen. Seminara Commends Canton Vet/Author Shannon

November 16, 2023

(photo) Sen. Seminara Commends Canton Vet/Author Shannon - CT Senate Republic

For Immediate Release

Sen. Seminara Commends Canton Vet/Author Shannon

Sen. Lisa Seminara on Nov. 15 visited the OASIS center at Tunxis Community College to commend Canton resident, author and Vietnam veteran Thomas H. Shannon.

Shannon, a former Combat Engineer, has written “A VIETNAM WAR MEMOIR: As Luck Would Have It”: a book about his experiences in 1971 as an Army Combat Engineer Lieutenant in I Corps during the Vietnam War.

“It was wonderful to join Tom along with Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Ronald P. Welch and others in thanking him for his service to our country,” Sen. Seminara said. “Tom should be commended for penning a memoir that depicts vivid recollections of his experiences more than 50 years ago. Hopefully, it is a read that goes beyond fellow veterans but to younger generations in order to help them gain a better understanding of what our military men and women go through in order to protect our freedoms.”

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Canton resident, author and Vietnam veteran Thomas H. Shannon and Sen. Lisa Seminara.