Just an old dirty, tired, but still full of fight - Iwo marine

Standing Marine holding rifle; backpack and hand grenades are part of uniform. Standing Marine holding rifle; backpack and hand grenades are part of uniform. Title from ink inscription fixed to verso. Reeks joined the USMC in 1941 and saw action on Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Bougainville and Saipan. He was the only official combat artist to land on Iwo Jima with the invasion force and spent thirty days on the island sketching the campaign.