Brigadier General James G. Shanahan (1920 Pompey, New York – 8 January 1997 Alexandria, Virginia) served in the United States Army from 1942 through 1973.
He served as a platoon leader and company commander for this unit in the Pacific theater during the Second World War.
Following the end of the war, he returned to the United States to serve as an aide in the Truman White House.
[3] Following his retirement from the Army in 1973 at the rank of brigadier general, James Shanahan settled in the Alexandria, Virginia, area and became a real estate broker.
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